Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 11, 2019 17:13:42 GMT 12
MŌTĪTĪ APPEAL COULD OPEN DOOR FOR MĀORI RESOURCE INPUT
Sally Gepp, the lawyer for Forest and Bird which is supporting the Mōtītī Rōhe Moana Trust, says the case could determine whether Māori have a true say in the way their environment is managed.
"The approach we are advocating for gives Māori a greater voice because they are able to be involved in those regional planning processes and directly influence the outcomes and that may be because of a customary right or because of an interest like that or it may simly be because they have a relationship with an area and say these species are a taonga and we want to protect them," she says.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIxNDk/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/Motiti-appeal-could-open-door-for-Maori-resource-input
Sally Gepp, the lawyer for Forest and Bird which is supporting the Mōtītī Rōhe Moana Trust, says the case could determine whether Māori have a true say in the way their environment is managed.
"The approach we are advocating for gives Māori a greater voice because they are able to be involved in those regional planning processes and directly influence the outcomes and that may be because of a customary right or because of an interest like that or it may simly be because they have a relationship with an area and say these species are a taonga and we want to protect them," she says.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjIxNDk/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/Motiti-appeal-could-open-door-for-Maori-resource-input