Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 7, 2016 17:19:26 GMT 12
MANUKA NAME WORTH THE FIGHT
Iwi chairs will meet Trade Minister Todd McClay this week to push the case for protection of the name manuka.
Ngati Kahungunu chair Ngahiwi Tomoana says if the Government had moved in 2011 to protect Maori names, as recommended by Waitangi Tribunal’s WAI 262 fauna and flora report, current problems in the manuka honey business could have been avoided.
"We’ve just got to stand on our tikanga and our whakapapa and ensure those rights stay here with us - the intellectual property, the ingoa, nga kupu, and nga matauranga Maori, ta te Maori e pupuri, we've got to hold onto it ourselves," he says....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTQ1MzM.html
Iwi chairs will meet Trade Minister Todd McClay this week to push the case for protection of the name manuka.
Ngati Kahungunu chair Ngahiwi Tomoana says if the Government had moved in 2011 to protect Maori names, as recommended by Waitangi Tribunal’s WAI 262 fauna and flora report, current problems in the manuka honey business could have been avoided.
"We’ve just got to stand on our tikanga and our whakapapa and ensure those rights stay here with us - the intellectual property, the ingoa, nga kupu, and nga matauranga Maori, ta te Maori e pupuri, we've got to hold onto it ourselves," he says....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTQ1MzM.html