Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 5, 2018 17:21:33 GMT 12
POSSIBLE NAME CHANGE AHEAD FOR MOUNTAIN'S NEW LEGAL PERSONALITY, NATIONAL PARK
A new way to refer to Taranaki's most notable landmark and its national park could be on the cards.
Mt Taranaki is currently the subject of Treaty of Waitangi negotiations between all eight iwi of the region and the Crown.
Last December the parties signed Te Anga Pūtakerongo or the Record of Understanding, which is helping guide the talks.
Part of that agreement will see the mountain become a legal personality, a process which gives it the same protections as a citizen. Similar rights were given to the Whanganui River in 2017.
Jamie Tuuta, lead negotiator of Ngā Iwi o Taranaki (the formal name of the eight member group) said talks with the Crown towards a deed of collective redress were continuing and a decision had yet to be made regarding any name for the mountain's legal personality or any change in moniker for the Egmont National Park.
"But we can confirm it is part of our discussions with the Crown," he said in a written statement.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/104456778/possible-name-change-ahead-for-mountains-new-legal-personality-national-park
A new way to refer to Taranaki's most notable landmark and its national park could be on the cards.
Mt Taranaki is currently the subject of Treaty of Waitangi negotiations between all eight iwi of the region and the Crown.
Last December the parties signed Te Anga Pūtakerongo or the Record of Understanding, which is helping guide the talks.
Part of that agreement will see the mountain become a legal personality, a process which gives it the same protections as a citizen. Similar rights were given to the Whanganui River in 2017.
Jamie Tuuta, lead negotiator of Ngā Iwi o Taranaki (the formal name of the eight member group) said talks with the Crown towards a deed of collective redress were continuing and a decision had yet to be made regarding any name for the mountain's legal personality or any change in moniker for the Egmont National Park.
"But we can confirm it is part of our discussions with the Crown," he said in a written statement.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/104456778/possible-name-change-ahead-for-mountains-new-legal-personality-national-park