Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 21, 2024 5:17:02 GMT 12
RMA REFORM MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP RELEASES LIST OF ORGANISATIONS APPROACHED ABOUT APPLYING FOR FAST-TRACKED CONSENTS
RMA reform minister Chris Bishop bowed to public pressure to release a list of organisations he had approached about applying to have consents fast-tracked under the new regime.
The list includes the iwi, and other entities from the Māori economy, developers, the seafood industry, primary industries, local councils, even the trust that administers Eden Park.
[Shane] Jones was encouraged by the number of Māori entities on the list. He said NZ First had campaigned on New Zealand moving “beyond a [Treaty] breach culture” and the idea that “everything that Crown does that may offend some Māori is construed as a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi”.
He said the focus of Māori should “be squarely on recovering our economic fortunes and fixing our current account deficit”.
“The average Treaty activist has no conception of the dire nature of the current account situation but no nation can prosper unless it boosts its export receipts. Statutory constipation is very dire and this bill is a purgative,” Jones said....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-bows-to-pressure-to-release-fast-track-list/BDGMXQFPWJAHBNIERJ2DAVIPHU/
RMA reform minister Chris Bishop bowed to public pressure to release a list of organisations he had approached about applying to have consents fast-tracked under the new regime.
The list includes the iwi, and other entities from the Māori economy, developers, the seafood industry, primary industries, local councils, even the trust that administers Eden Park.
[Shane] Jones was encouraged by the number of Māori entities on the list. He said NZ First had campaigned on New Zealand moving “beyond a [Treaty] breach culture” and the idea that “everything that Crown does that may offend some Māori is construed as a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi”.
He said the focus of Māori should “be squarely on recovering our economic fortunes and fixing our current account deficit”.
“The average Treaty activist has no conception of the dire nature of the current account situation but no nation can prosper unless it boosts its export receipts. Statutory constipation is very dire and this bill is a purgative,” Jones said....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-bows-to-pressure-to-release-fast-track-list/BDGMXQFPWJAHBNIERJ2DAVIPHU/