Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 13, 2023 5:15:35 GMT 12
WETLAND: RĀHUI ON DUCK SHOOTING & FISH GATHERING
Just ahead of duck shooting season starting next month, local hapū have declared a month-long rāhui (ban) on gathering birds and fish from north Waikato’s polluted Whangamarino wetland, a popular site with hunters.
“It’s a breach of our river settlement,” he says, a reference to the Crown-iwi co-governance arrangement for the Waikato River.
Hadyn acknowledges the rāhui has no legal force. “It’s one in spirit.”....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/316800-wetland-rhui-on-duck-shooting-fish-gathering.html
Just ahead of duck shooting season starting next month, local hapū have declared a month-long rāhui (ban) on gathering birds and fish from north Waikato’s polluted Whangamarino wetland, a popular site with hunters.
“It’s a breach of our river settlement,” he says, a reference to the Crown-iwi co-governance arrangement for the Waikato River.
Hadyn acknowledges the rāhui has no legal force. “It’s one in spirit.”....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/316800-wetland-rhui-on-duck-shooting-fish-gathering.html