Week 6 - People

6.4. Summary

The previous pages have demonstrated that:

• People of NZ are diverse in culture, race and lifestyle
• Effects on people are various and complex
• All of mans activities affect ‘man’
• Some of the tools require a fundamental understanding social fabric
• Assessment of impacts is not always straight forward and involved experts
• How those affected are taken into account key

Effective consultation is crucial so make sure you take the time to:

• listen to what others have to say and consider the responses
• allow sufficient time for consultation
• make a genuine effort to consult
• conduct the process in mutual good faith
• provide enough information to enable the party being consulted to make intelligent and useful responses
• keep an open mind and be ready to change the proposal or even hold meetings, provide relevant and further information on request
• wait until those being consulted have had a say before making a decision
• re-open the consultation process if necessary