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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 13, 2018 16:25:06 GMT 12
PASSING OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS BILL PROMPTS IWI DISCUSSIONSThe only Māori company with a medicinal cannabis growing licence says the passing of the government's medicinal cannabis bill is a step in the right direction. Hikurangi Enterprises Managing Director Panapa Ehau says New Zealand could be a world leader in the medicinal cannabis space. "If whānau Māori or whānau that are in this industry are put at the centre of this, which there's a good chance that will happen, it's going to create a whole lot of opportunities both economic and in the well-being space for our people.".... www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/passing-medicinal-cannabis-bill-prompts-iwi-discussionsHAWKE'S BAY TOURISM CRITICISED OVER LACK OF MĀORI TOURISM GROWTHHawke's Bay Tourism has being criticised over the lack of growth for Māori tourism in the region. At the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's corporate and strategic committee meeting yesterday , committee member Toro Waaka said there needed to be more accountability as to where the funding was going. Waaka is also a director of New Zealand Māori Tourism, and chair of Hawke's Bay Māori Tourism. "What strategy have you got to engage with Māori, and what are the key performance indicators that you have to do so, and who are you engaging with?" Toro asked representatives of Hawke's Bay Tourism at the meeting. He said Māori made up roughly 20 per cent of the Hawke's Bay population, and therefore 20 per cent of the funding should be directed into growing Māori tourism..... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12175547
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