Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 15, 2023 3:55:52 GMT 12
CROWN FAILS ON WATER PROTECTION
A Māori environmental planner says it’s time the crown admits it’s a poor steward of our waterways – and stops ducking Māori claims to water ownership.
Dr Baker says water is a taonga under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, but the crown won’t acknowledge that’s an ownership right.
Dr Baker says under Māori control water would be managed sustainably, with the focus on preservation, not pollution, production or profit.....
waateanews.com/2023/04/14/crown-fails-on-water-protection/
A Māori environmental planner says it’s time the crown admits it’s a poor steward of our waterways – and stops ducking Māori claims to water ownership.
Dr Baker says water is a taonga under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, but the crown won’t acknowledge that’s an ownership right.
Dr Baker says under Māori control water would be managed sustainably, with the focus on preservation, not pollution, production or profit.....
waateanews.com/2023/04/14/crown-fails-on-water-protection/