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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 22, 2019 16:23:30 GMT 12
CONCERNS IWI MIGHT BLOCK ACCESS TO RESERVES LABELLED 'SCAREMONGERING'The Wanganui Ratepayers Association has been labelled ignorant and scaremongers for saying iwi should not gain ownership of some parks and reserves. The association is demanding a referendum on whether land in Whanganui be returned to iwi as part of its treaty settlement. Whanganui iwi are making headway with their treaty settlement in relation to their land claims. The district council recently threw its support behind some of its early proposals, which include potential co-governance and joint-management of some parks and lakes, and ownership of certain areas like the harbour. But Wanganui Ratepayer's Association chairman Dave Hill wants the parks and reserves off the table. "If the government of today wants to make redress, they can do that by giving other government owned land back to iwi or they can make a financial redress," he said. "But no thank you, not our parks and reserves."...... www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/380332/concerns-iwi-might-block-access-to-reserves-labelled-scaremongering
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