Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 16, 2017 17:59:44 GMT 12
WATER TAKE AFFECTS BLUE SPRING'S MAURI, SAY LOCAL IWI
Iwi concerns over water being drawn from Putaruru's Blue Spring has put an application to bottle billions of litres for export formally on hold.
Raukawa, a South Waikato iwi, told told the Waikato Regional Council resource use directorate taking water directly from the spring would diminish the "mauri, wairua and mana of Te Puna (The Spring)".
Raukawa also said the tribe would be adversely affected and the relationship Raukawa descendants have with the spring would be eroded.......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/95828399/water-take-affects-blue-springs-mauri-say-local-iwi
Iwi concerns over water being drawn from Putaruru's Blue Spring has put an application to bottle billions of litres for export formally on hold.
Raukawa, a South Waikato iwi, told told the Waikato Regional Council resource use directorate taking water directly from the spring would diminish the "mauri, wairua and mana of Te Puna (The Spring)".
Raukawa also said the tribe would be adversely affected and the relationship Raukawa descendants have with the spring would be eroded.......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/95828399/water-take-affects-blue-springs-mauri-say-local-iwi