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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 27, 2019 16:35:01 GMT 12
COUNCILLOR CRITICAL OF PLAN FOR GOVERNANCE WITH IWI OVER WATER CATCHMENTSA plan to get iwi more involved in managing Manawatū waterways is being criticised by a regional councillor, who believes it will leave out other interested parties. As part of the changes, the council would create a committee councillors and iwi leaders would sit on to come up with strategies for different catchments. All Horizons councillors voted to move the process forward, but Barrow voted against going down the governance-with-iwi route. He said figures provided by the Tararua District Council showed it had spent more than $1 million in the past five years on litigation started by iwi there over wastewater treatment plant consents. "We cannot have iwi involved in a litigious process and a collaborative process at the same time," Barrow said. "It's almost a conflict-of-interest situation." Councillor Jono Naylor said it was ironic Barrow made those comments while a framed photocopy of the Treaty of Waitangi hung on the wall behind him. Putting iwi and Federated Farmers in the same box was insulting and in conflict with the treaty, he said. "This is about us trying to show a level of partnership with iwi."..... www.stuff.co.nz/environment/110873322/councillor-critical-of-plan-for-governance-with-iwi-over-water-catchments
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