Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 26, 2018 18:29:01 GMT 12
LAKE HOROWHENUA ACTIVIST PHILIP TAUEKI TO SHUT PUBLIC ROAD ACCESS TO LAKE
Public road access to Lake Horowhenua will be shut by activist Philip Taueki after boy racers tore up turf at the park.
The threat of closure is the latest in a years-long dispute over the heavily polluted lake, which has pitted Taueki against the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board, local councils and the trust representing Muaūpoko iwi interests.
Taueki, a direct descendant of a Muaūpoko chief who signed the Treaty of Waitangi, says authorities have failed to protect the lake and its shoreline from damage.
A "bunch of local red necks" have broken through a gate shut at night, skidded over grass and hurled abuse at Taueki this week. ....
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/106531878/lake-horowhenua-activist-philip-taueki-to-shut-public-road-access-to-lake
Public road access to Lake Horowhenua will be shut by activist Philip Taueki after boy racers tore up turf at the park.
The threat of closure is the latest in a years-long dispute over the heavily polluted lake, which has pitted Taueki against the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board, local councils and the trust representing Muaūpoko iwi interests.
Taueki, a direct descendant of a Muaūpoko chief who signed the Treaty of Waitangi, says authorities have failed to protect the lake and its shoreline from damage.
A "bunch of local red necks" have broken through a gate shut at night, skidded over grass and hurled abuse at Taueki this week. ....
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/106531878/lake-horowhenua-activist-philip-taueki-to-shut-public-road-access-to-lake