Organisational health and capability

Improving stakeholder engagement

The Ministry intends to tighten its focus on the range and nature of engagement with tangata whenua and stakeholders, to ensure that all engagement activity is effective, efficient and provides value for money. We will periodically assess the relative importance and status of our strategic relationships, and ensure that these provide a sound basis for effective and efficient engagement on specific issues.

The Fisheries Act (1996) obliges the Crown to provide for input and participation by tangata whenua. Following formal consultation completed in March 2009, the Ministry will undertake further work to make its processes more effective.