1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 My name is Dr Caroline Phillips. I am an archaeologist, with a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Auckland. I have been working in the field of archaeology in New Zealand for nearly 30 years. I have specialised as an archaeological surveyor and excavator. The main focus of my research has concerned Maori settlements, and the relationship of these places with each other and the landscape they are situated in.

1.2 I am an archaeological consultant, undertaking cultural heritage management relating to the Resource Management Act, Historic Places Act and the Treaty of Waitangi Act, involving conservation and management plans, archaeological surveys, mitigation investigations, and cultural heritage histories in the Bay of Plenty, Hauraki, Auckland, Northland and Waikato.

1.3 I am also part of a University of Auckland research team, investigating the cultural significance of swamp sites in Taranaki, and I am a university lecturer, teaching an MA paper at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, at Whakatane.

1.4 I should also state here, as a matter of clarification, that I am unrelated to Ken Phillips, whose reports I refer to in this evidence.

1.5 I appear in support of Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s decision to grant resource consent to Fulton Hogan Limited for the expansion of a quarry at Poplar Lane, Papamoa. I will present evidence relating to: (i) summary of the archaeological studies, (ii) the adequacy of those studies, (iii) the identification of the known archaeological sites, (iv) the apparent significance of those sites, (v) whether the conditions imposed on the consent are sufficient to protect those sites, and (vi) the adequacy of the mechanism for protecting sites as yet unknown.

2.0 BACKGROUND