Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 30, 2019 17:29:44 GMT 12
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF WATER MUST BE ENSHRINED IN LAW
Steps should be taken by a high priority Water Act to put ownership of water firmly and clearly into public ownership with strong safeguards written in to ensure its future says a rivers and trout-fishing advocacy, the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers.
A Public Ownership Water Act should
(a) put ownership of water into public ownership
(b) Ban tradeable water rights
(c) Ban private profiteering of water for export
(d) Ban foreign involvement
“There’s nothing xenophobic about this as water firmly and forermost should belong to all New Zealanders,” he added.
“Giving any subset of New Zealanders ownership of freshwater is just as wrong as poor stewardship by central and regional government. Two wrongs will not make it right,” he said. “Government should urgently move to enshrine in law, public ownership of water.”....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1908/S00413/public-ownership-of-water-must-be-enshrined-in-law.htm
TRIBUNAL FINDING OFFERS COURSE AHEAD FOR ROTORUA LAKES
Te Arawa Lakes Trust chair Taa Toby Curtis says the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal report on National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources are long overdue.
The tribunal says Maori values have not been reflected in freshwater decision-making, there needs to be proper resourcing so Maori can be at the table when decisions are made, and Maori rights in fresh water have an economic dimension.
Te Arawa Lakes Trust is responsible for the sustainable management of 14 lakes within the wider Rotorua region, whose beds were returned to the iwi under its 2006 Settlement.
But it is treated as a stakeholder rather than a partner when decisions are made.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjI1NzE
Steps should be taken by a high priority Water Act to put ownership of water firmly and clearly into public ownership with strong safeguards written in to ensure its future says a rivers and trout-fishing advocacy, the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers.
A Public Ownership Water Act should
(a) put ownership of water into public ownership
(b) Ban tradeable water rights
(c) Ban private profiteering of water for export
(d) Ban foreign involvement
“There’s nothing xenophobic about this as water firmly and forermost should belong to all New Zealanders,” he added.
“Giving any subset of New Zealanders ownership of freshwater is just as wrong as poor stewardship by central and regional government. Two wrongs will not make it right,” he said. “Government should urgently move to enshrine in law, public ownership of water.”....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1908/S00413/public-ownership-of-water-must-be-enshrined-in-law.htm
TRIBUNAL FINDING OFFERS COURSE AHEAD FOR ROTORUA LAKES
Te Arawa Lakes Trust chair Taa Toby Curtis says the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal report on National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources are long overdue.
The tribunal says Maori values have not been reflected in freshwater decision-making, there needs to be proper resourcing so Maori can be at the table when decisions are made, and Maori rights in fresh water have an economic dimension.
Te Arawa Lakes Trust is responsible for the sustainable management of 14 lakes within the wider Rotorua region, whose beds were returned to the iwi under its 2006 Settlement.
But it is treated as a stakeholder rather than a partner when decisions are made.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjI1NzE