Marae Form 2

Climate Change Impacts on Marae

Kia ora,

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. Your responses are important to us. The results will be presented in a research report which will be sent to you. Please make sure you tick the box indicating that you would like to receive the report. 

Please be assured that all your personal information will be kept private and confidential, such as your name, address, email, etc.  All collected data will be treated as confidential.

Ngā mihi

The Build Back Better research team

P.S. If you can't complete the survey in one go, it will remember your answers so that you can just pick up where you left off.

Question 1

Has your marae been damaged by a natural hazard event?

(Due to its geography and location, Aotearoa is prone to a range of natural hazards, including earthquakes, volcanoes, and extreme weather events, like flooding and landslides).

As you chose 'Yes', please select the natural hazards that have impacted your marae
(You can chose more than one if applicable)

As you chose ‘Yes’ to ‘Flood’, ‘Landslides’, ‘Storms’, more specifically, has your marae been impacted by Cyclone Hale and/or Cyclone Gabrielle?

Definitions

  • An earthquake is a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  • A flood is when water covers land that is normally dry. Floods are usually caused by heavy or prolonged rainfall.
  • A landslide is the movement of rock, soil and/or vegetation, down a slope. There are many different types, and they can range in size from a single boulder in a rock fall, to a very large avalanche of debris with huge quantities of rock and soil that spreads across many kilometres.
  • A snowstorm is a very heavy snowfall, sometimes accompanied by strong winds that can create blizzard-like conditions and severe wind chill.
  • A storm is a weather system with strong winds and is likely to cause heavy rain. It can also bring hail, lightning, tornadoes, storm surges, and heavy swells.
  • A tsunami is a series of powerful waves with strong currents. They are mostly caused by underwater or coastal earthquakes, and sometimes by underwater landslides or volcanic eruptions.
  • Volcanoes are openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the earth's surface.
  • A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.

Question 2

Has your marae been damaged by the effects of climate related events?

(Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns involving historical, current and future changes in the climate in Aotearoa).

As you chose 'Yes', please select which climate related event(s) have impacted your marae.
(You can chose more than one if applicable)

Definitions

  • Coastal erosion is a natural process that is part of natural beach behaviour. Most shorelines vary between periods of sand erosion (loss) and accretion (building up).
  • A drought is defined as a shortage of rainfall over an extended period of time, which restricts or prevents a human activity. This can lead to a reduced volume of water in water bodies such as rivers, dry ground and a lack of plant growth. 
  • Flooding is when water covers land that is normally dry. Floods are usually caused by heavy or prolonged rainfall.
  • A landslide is the movement of rock, soil and/or vegetation, down a slope. There are many different types, and they can range in size from a single boulder in a rock fall, to a very large avalanche of debris with huge quantities of rock and soil that spreads across many kilometres.
  • Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides. The surge is caused primarily by a storm’s winds pushing water onshore. 
  • A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.

Question 3

Is your marae or the surrounding rohe (area), affected by loss of land from erosion of the coastline?

(The next question will ask you about loss of land from river erosion)

Question 4

Is your marae or the surrounding rohe (area) affected by loss of land from erosion from rivers?

(River erosion is when the land is worn away as the water flows along the river bed and banks)

Question 5

Has your access to mahinga kai been (garden, food-gathering place) been compromised or changed over time?

Question 6

Are you, your whānau or iwi doing any work to reduce, or adapt to, the impacts of climate change on your marae?

(Climate change adaptation refers to actions that reduce the negative impact of climate change, while taking advantage of potential new opportunities)

Question 7

Is the relocation of your marae, or other places of significance, a concern for you?

(These might be papakāinga, whenua, wāhi tapu and other taonga important to your marae).

Question 8

What assistance (or information) do you need to help you to understand, reduce or adapt to the impacts of climate change to your marae?

Question 9

Would you like us to provide you with information to help you adapt to the impacts of climate change to your marae?

Question 10

Would you like us to share the survey results with you?

(The survey results will be presented in a research report. Please be assured that all your personal information will be kept private and confidential, such as your name, address, email, etc.  All collected data will be treated as confidential)

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