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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 3, 2018 16:50:23 GMT 12
MĀORI FRESHWATER RIGHTS PUT TO ONE SIDE AT WAITANGI WHEN THE PM MET WITH IWI LEADERSA Government delegation led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived at Waitangi on Friday for her first official meeting with the Iwi Chairs Forum (ICF) ahead of Waitangi commemorations next week. Freshwater rights have been a bone of contention at the ICF for the last decade but Ardern said following her meeting that the emphasis was on water quality, not rights and interests over it. She said who owned water didn't come up but given how long the issue has been around she expected it would continue to be a feature. She said Ministers are looking at policy around a levy on companies who export bottled water but she wouldn't preempt when that might happen. "Our position continues to be the same. Everybody has a stake in water, but we acknowledge particularly Māori do." She denied the Government had put the issue in the "too-hard basket" - it was a case of being too early to say what the result of any policy might mean for Māori...... www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/101121515/mori-freshwater-rights-put-to-one-side-at-waitangi-when-the-pm-met-with-iwi-leadersA further article on the above here > Ardern: Water rights not top of mind at Iwi Chairs Forum pro.newsroom.co.nz/articles/2417-ardern-water-rights-not-top-of-mind-at-iwi-chairs-forum
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