Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 17, 2018 17:13:03 GMT 12
IWI GETS BEHIND $200M ROADING PROJECT DESPITE ONGOING INTERNAL DIVISION
A Taranaki iwi has given its support to a $200 million roading upgrade, but not all its members are happy.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama was once neutral about its view of New Zealand Transport Agency's (NZTA) plans to upgrade State Highway 3 at Mt Messenger, but its had a change of heart and given the project the green light.
The proposed bypass cuts through land known as Parininihi, which is owned by Ngāti Tama. The whenua (land) had been confiscated by the Crown but later returned as part of its 2003 Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
But the "fractured" relationships within the north Taranaki iwi were once again laid bare at a resource consent hearing connected to the proposal on Thursday.
Members of Te Korowai Tiaki o te Hauāuru provided evidence to independent commissioner Stephen Daysh, which voiced their opposition to the work along with their concern about being left out of the consultation process.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/106309959/iwi-gets-behind-200m-roading-project-despite-ongoing-internal-division
A Taranaki iwi has given its support to a $200 million roading upgrade, but not all its members are happy.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama was once neutral about its view of New Zealand Transport Agency's (NZTA) plans to upgrade State Highway 3 at Mt Messenger, but its had a change of heart and given the project the green light.
The proposed bypass cuts through land known as Parininihi, which is owned by Ngāti Tama. The whenua (land) had been confiscated by the Crown but later returned as part of its 2003 Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
But the "fractured" relationships within the north Taranaki iwi were once again laid bare at a resource consent hearing connected to the proposal on Thursday.
Members of Te Korowai Tiaki o te Hauāuru provided evidence to independent commissioner Stephen Daysh, which voiced their opposition to the work along with their concern about being left out of the consultation process.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/106309959/iwi-gets-behind-200m-roading-project-despite-ongoing-internal-division