Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 9, 2021 1:48:59 GMT 12
THREE WATERS: MINISTER NANAIA MAHUTA DEFENDS MĀORI INVOLVEMENT AFTER COUNCILLORS CRITICISE 'ASSET GRAB'
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is stressing the importance of mana whenua involvement in Three Waters after a pair of southern councillors took shots at partnership with Māori.
In the South, Invercargill deputy mayor Nobby Clark wrote an opinion piece for a widely read local blog where he decried mana whenua being given half of the voting rights in the proposed entity.
By his calculations, Ngāi Tahu could "veto" the wishes of councils and "95.2 per cent of the population in the South Island".
Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis labelled the reform an "asset grab" and warned of Māori gaining "control" of water assets.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/three-waters-minister-nanaia-mahuta-defends-maori-involvement-after-councillors-criticise-asset-grab/OD5S5GRBAFKPTR5JLCFRMNSIFY/
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is stressing the importance of mana whenua involvement in Three Waters after a pair of southern councillors took shots at partnership with Māori.
In the South, Invercargill deputy mayor Nobby Clark wrote an opinion piece for a widely read local blog where he decried mana whenua being given half of the voting rights in the proposed entity.
By his calculations, Ngāi Tahu could "veto" the wishes of councils and "95.2 per cent of the population in the South Island".
Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis labelled the reform an "asset grab" and warned of Māori gaining "control" of water assets.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/three-waters-minister-nanaia-mahuta-defends-maori-involvement-after-councillors-criticise-asset-grab/OD5S5GRBAFKPTR5JLCFRMNSIFY/