The Glow Within TE UIRA I ROTO - People & Sustainability - Waitomo Caves
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TE UIRA I ROTO
The Glow Within
People &
Sustainability
2018/19
Community | Capability | Culture
Our People & Sustainability Framework
This framework consolidates all of our current initiatives and tells how we will continue
to grow our programs and accelerate the Discover Waitomo values of Kaitiakitanga,
Whanaungatanga and Manaakitanga - all of which are also measures of our care for our
people and our place. The success of the framework will becomes visible as we begin to
show Te Uira I Roto ... The Glow Within.
Kaitiakitanga Whanaungatanga
Manaakitanga
The family connection
The guardianship
at Discover Waitomo
and conservation of Is our unique Kiwi
built from shared
everywhere we work hospitality and is
experiences and
and play shown in how we
working together
welcome and safely
share Waitomo
with the world
Manaakitanga
Kaupapa Today Targets
Health Discover Waitomo is a participant in the •P rovide AED access for entire Waitomo community by Summer 2018
Waitomo community cave rescue response •A longside the above, investigate possibility of providing further emergency
& Safety
team and is audited under Adventure supply depots
Activity regulations. The priority focus • Install tracking and performance systems in all vehicles (11) in 2018 to
for 2018 in Health and Safety is around monitor and encourage safe driving behaviour
community support, vehicle and traffic safety •P rovide incident investigator training (such as ICAAM) to 4 Discover
and enhancing the capability of in house Waitomo staff in 2018/19
investigation post incident
Te Reo As an organisation, Discover Waitomo is •R
egular staff workshops to be established in 2018 focusing on
well positioned to authentically embrace pronunciation, greetings, local tikanga and mihi
Maori culture and to incorporate it within •B
i-lingual (Te Reo) signage conversion to begin where appropriate and on
the manaaki we offer to our visitors. This is an as needed basis from 2018
beginning with a focus on knowledge •W
ithin staff communications, greetings and salutations to be incorporated
as everyday
Capability The heart of Discover Waitomo is in bringing •B
y August 2018 the criteria for the “Titiwai Award” will be announced.
an extremely unique landscape to life and This award is an annual internship granted to an existing staff member
integral to this is the talent of our people. who will spend time working with the environmental team furthering their
New training and development initiatives and knowledge and will also be provided opportunities in further environmental
the creation of progression opportunities will education and attendance at conferences
increase staff engagement •A
ll guiding teams to complete ACKMA survey by July 2018 to allow
benchmarking vs. all Australasian cave guiding colleagues with the results
helping us to build a new training and development program ready for
Summer 2018
•S
ister cave, guide training and information sharing relationship
established. A potential example is Jenolan Caves NSW
•Q
uarterly environmental volunteer days offered to 15 staff from Discover
Waitomo and a further 5 from thl
Kaitiakitanga
Kaupapa Today Targets
Biodiversity We bait and trap introduced predators in the • Add one reserve in 2018/19
Waitomo Conservation reserves with the aim • Total coverage of Good Nature traps. Goal of adding 200 A24 traps
of increasing the native biodiversity in the • Achieve tunnel tracking index of less than 5%
area. We are currently across three reserves • Develop plan for eradication of one noxious weed species
with a total of 250 bait stations, 50 sentinel
traps and 50 Good Nature A24 traps
Cave Our environmental monitoring network is •E stablish program for monitoring and removing lint detritus in our caves
industry leading. We would like to gain •C omplete the current condensation and corrosion research project in 2018/19
and Karst
further understanding of Glowworm ecology • Develop list of research priorities to provide to tertiary students
Conservation and CO2 management via research •C urate historic research to become publically available and to showcase
environmental monitoring. Show this information within our public website
Stream and Restoring the Waitomo catchment through •E stablish access to more land for volunteer planting opportunities and plant
fencing for stock exclusion and riparian 2000 more trees in 2018/19
catchment
planting to improve aquatic ecology and • Create further opportunities for volunteer groups to contribute
restoration water quality. In collaboration with Waikato
Regional Council and local landowners we
have so far fenced 12km across 4 properties
and planted 12000 trees
Waste and Simplification and reduction of all wastage •M onitor and reduce wastage through our recently rolled out recycling program.
from all sources. Transition some categories Strict adherence to all categories will place us best in class
Energy
to leading practice. In 2017 an energy and • In addition to the above produce high resolution baseline measurement of all
waste efficiency report was generated for waste streams
Discover Waitomo which contained several • Install EV charging stations in 2018
recommendations • Visitor shuttle fleet conversion to EV begun by 2020
•E liminate 2 types of single use packaging and 2 types of unrecyclable plastic
in 2018/19
• Lobby suppliers to reduce packaging waste
•E nergy efficiency recommendations from audit completed to reduce emissions
by vehicles and heating by 10% by 2020
Whanaungatanga
Kaupapa Today Targets
Community Discover Waitomo provides donations, •T
he contribution today would total at least $15,000 each year of direct
time and other specialist services to a wide and in kind support and an additional $12,000 Whanau Fund has
and Crew
range of local community groups including been established to boost this work into 2018/19
schools, sports teams, local charities and
also to assist staff in other areas such as
travelling to sporting events in which they
are competing
Waitomo The Waitomo Trail Run is now three years •C
ontinue to embrace local community groups who volunteer at the trail
old and is developing into a brilliant day for run as an integral part of their annual fundraising activities
Trail Run
family and community togetherness. In 2018 •U
se the trail run to promote all of our values while building the image
Discover Waitomo purchased the trail run to of Waitomo as a destination for families and manuhiri (visitors) from all
continue building community benefit over the world
Rangatahi There is a growing movement to create an •C
ontribute as an anchor employer assuming that we will need to take
employment and skills development hub to a lead in developing any new program and also realizing that we will
pathways
benefit local youth and better prepare them be best placed to provide solutions to problems (such as transport)
with the skills and introductions needed to
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