Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 13, 2018 17:24:59 GMT 12
GISBORNE PORT AUTHORITIES DISAPPOINTED IN IWI APPEAL
The port authorities in Gisborne have expressed disappointment over an appeal planned against expanded facilities for the export of logs.
They said they needed to rebuild 60-year-old wharves and reshape a derelict 1920s-era slipway to cope with a wall of wood coming from nearby forests.
But resource consent granted to allow this to happen looks set to be challenged in the Environment Court.
Port managers won resource consent for the work, but an iwi collective has said it planned to appeal the case to the Environment Court.
The iwi objectors could not be reached for comment......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/366305/gisborne-port-authorities-disappointed-in-iwi-appeal
The port authorities in Gisborne have expressed disappointment over an appeal planned against expanded facilities for the export of logs.
They said they needed to rebuild 60-year-old wharves and reshape a derelict 1920s-era slipway to cope with a wall of wood coming from nearby forests.
But resource consent granted to allow this to happen looks set to be challenged in the Environment Court.
Port managers won resource consent for the work, but an iwi collective has said it planned to appeal the case to the Environment Court.
The iwi objectors could not be reached for comment......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/366305/gisborne-port-authorities-disappointed-in-iwi-appeal