Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 31, 2022 5:44:50 GMT 12
NGĀI TAHU ARGUES FOR THREE WATERS CO-GOVERNANCE IN PARLIAMENT
Ngāi Tahu, the iwi whose takiwā takes in most of the South Island, made a spirited defence of co-governance on Three Waters reforms, pointing out that Māori assets have historically been seized by governments - including for use as council water infrastructure.
"What is not made clear by some parties is that a good deal of Crown and local government infrastructure is underpinned by Crown legislation which allowed the acquisition and confiscation of Māori land for public infrastructure.
"The Christchurch sewerage ponds is fundamentally located on land that our people owned and taken in 1956 under the Public Works Act," Tau said, noting the land was confiscated at well below its appropriate value......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ngai-tahu-argues-for-three-waters-co-governance-in-parliament/QP4XGK3MBCYAK4VYYJ3YJ7PZ4M/
Ngāi Tahu, the iwi whose takiwā takes in most of the South Island, made a spirited defence of co-governance on Three Waters reforms, pointing out that Māori assets have historically been seized by governments - including for use as council water infrastructure.
"What is not made clear by some parties is that a good deal of Crown and local government infrastructure is underpinned by Crown legislation which allowed the acquisition and confiscation of Māori land for public infrastructure.
"The Christchurch sewerage ponds is fundamentally located on land that our people owned and taken in 1956 under the Public Works Act," Tau said, noting the land was confiscated at well below its appropriate value......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ngai-tahu-argues-for-three-waters-co-governance-in-parliament/QP4XGK3MBCYAK4VYYJ3YJ7PZ4M/