Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 23, 2023 5:00:54 GMT 12
NGĀTI AWA WINS RIGHT TO APPEAL BILLION-BOTTLES-PER-YEAR WATER PLANT EXPANSION
Ngāti Awa has won the right to appeal a water bottling plant’s plans to extract nearly a billion litres of water a year from an aquifer near Whakatāne, an NZ Herald report says.
In particular, it has argued that the bottling of water from the aquifer in Otākiri would have irrevocable effects on the mauri or life force of the water and render Ngāti Awa unable to be kaitiaki.....
www.teaomaori.news/ngati-awa-wins-right-appeal-billion-bottles-year-water-plant-expansion
Ngāti Awa has won the right to appeal a water bottling plant’s plans to extract nearly a billion litres of water a year from an aquifer near Whakatāne, an NZ Herald report says.
In particular, it has argued that the bottling of water from the aquifer in Otākiri would have irrevocable effects on the mauri or life force of the water and render Ngāti Awa unable to be kaitiaki.....
www.teaomaori.news/ngati-awa-wins-right-appeal-billion-bottles-year-water-plant-expansion