Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 17, 2021 3:15:12 GMT 12
DUMPING ON THE MĀORI WORLD VIEW
A highly controversial dump in the Dome Valley north of Auckland can go ahead, despite huge Māori and Pākehā opposition and a defeat for and dissenting view from the environment panel's chair
The rare frogs will be moved. The endangered long-tailed bats will adapt. Neighbours won't smell, see or hear too much. The disappearance of 14km of stream beds will be managed. State Highway 1 will cope with the extra 760 large truck movements a day.
And local Māori?
They had painstakingly outlined the effects, both spiritual and physical worlds in Te Ao Māori, of a new giant landfill on their lands, streams and the Kaipara Harbour......
www.newsroom.co.nz/environment/dumping-on-the-maori-world-view
A highly controversial dump in the Dome Valley north of Auckland can go ahead, despite huge Māori and Pākehā opposition and a defeat for and dissenting view from the environment panel's chair
The rare frogs will be moved. The endangered long-tailed bats will adapt. Neighbours won't smell, see or hear too much. The disappearance of 14km of stream beds will be managed. State Highway 1 will cope with the extra 760 large truck movements a day.
And local Māori?
They had painstakingly outlined the effects, both spiritual and physical worlds in Te Ao Māori, of a new giant landfill on their lands, streams and the Kaipara Harbour......
www.newsroom.co.nz/environment/dumping-on-the-maori-world-view