Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 15, 2022 4:55:38 GMT 12
IWI THREATENS BLOCKADE, FLOTILLA OVER PORT EXPANSION PLANS
Blocking access to the Port of Tauranga may be the only way to force its owners to rethink expansion plans, Tauranga Iwi Ngāi Te Rangi says.
The port has applied to dredge 1.8 million cubic metres of the sea bed and extend its wharves by almost a kilometre; the plan also includes an almost 5ha land reclamation.
Ngāi Te Rangi chief executive Paora Stanley says the port obtaining approval for such expansion from the Environment Court would destroy the moana, adding to what he says has been years of destruction attributable to the port since its first dredging license in 2011.....
www.teaomaori.news/iwi-threatens-blockade-flotilla-over-port-expansion-plans
Blocking access to the Port of Tauranga may be the only way to force its owners to rethink expansion plans, Tauranga Iwi Ngāi Te Rangi says.
The port has applied to dredge 1.8 million cubic metres of the sea bed and extend its wharves by almost a kilometre; the plan also includes an almost 5ha land reclamation.
Ngāi Te Rangi chief executive Paora Stanley says the port obtaining approval for such expansion from the Environment Court would destroy the moana, adding to what he says has been years of destruction attributable to the port since its first dredging license in 2011.....
www.teaomaori.news/iwi-threatens-blockade-flotilla-over-port-expansion-plans