Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 9, 2024 7:53:36 GMT 12
LACK OF RESOURCES HAMPERS IWI ENVIRONMENTAL INPUT
A shortage of iwi environmental managers has created headaches for councils trying to obtain greater Māori input.
At a Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (NRSBU) meeting last month, general manager regional sewerage and landfill Nathan Clarke said the unit hadn’t liaised with iwi as well as it would like, and there were “unfinished conversations”.
Iwi priorities in the activity management plan 2024 – 2034 were listed as: protection and restoration of the mauri of wai (water), no discharge of wastewater to wai or to areas of wāhi tapu (sacred sites) and mahinga kai (food and resource gathering) and no infrastructure on or near these areas, or in areas prone to flooding.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/133386369/lack-of-resources-hampers-iwi-environmental-input
A shortage of iwi environmental managers has created headaches for councils trying to obtain greater Māori input.
At a Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (NRSBU) meeting last month, general manager regional sewerage and landfill Nathan Clarke said the unit hadn’t liaised with iwi as well as it would like, and there were “unfinished conversations”.
Iwi priorities in the activity management plan 2024 – 2034 were listed as: protection and restoration of the mauri of wai (water), no discharge of wastewater to wai or to areas of wāhi tapu (sacred sites) and mahinga kai (food and resource gathering) and no infrastructure on or near these areas, or in areas prone to flooding.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/133386369/lack-of-resources-hampers-iwi-environmental-input