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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 3, 2019 16:11:05 GMT 12
MĀORI CAN TAKE LEAD IN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CLIMATE CHANGEActivist Mike Smith is in Canada building up support for an international indigenous legal challenge to climate polluters. Mr Smith, who chairs the Iwi Chairs Climate Change Forum, has been in Mexico with the United Nations Indigenous Caucus and in New York for the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit. He says Māori are able to take the lead among indigenous peoples not just because of their experience using the courts to pursue treaty rights but because of the protection New Zealand offers. "For a lot of indigenous communities, they are under the boot of some very repressive regimes that routinely kill their leaders if they are standing up for the environment or standing up for indigenous rights. In some countries there are death squads that go out and target leaders. In Aotearoa New Zealand we have the benefit of not getting assasinated and so I think we have a responsibility to give voice to these types of things whereas in other countries it is quite dangerous," Mr Smith says...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjI4NDU/Paakiwaha/M%C4%81ori-can-take-lead-in-international-legal-climate-change
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 3, 2019 16:16:59 GMT 12
AWARUA RUNANGA PROPOSES TRADITIONAL FISHING RESERVEA Mataitai reserve - an identified traditional fishing ground - has been proposed for the coastline around Omaui in Southland. ''They recognise the special relationship between tangata whenua and their traditional fishing grounds''. Customary fishing rights were guaranteed to tangata whenua under the Treaty of Waitangi, Mr Anderson said. ''These rights are protected by law. As part of the settlement of Maori claims to fisheries resources, regulations were promulgated that allow, on application, for the Minister of Fisheries to declare areas to be mataitai reserves and appoint tangata tiaki/kaitiaki.'' It would join 45 other mataitai reserves in the country, 34 of which are in the South Island..... www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/awarua-runanga-proposes-traditional-fishing-reserve
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 3, 2019 16:18:42 GMT 12
ENVIRONMENT TOP CONCERN FOR MĀORI Māori were more likely than other ethnicities to identify environmental problems. That’s one of the findings of Statistics New Zealand’s 2018 General Social Survey, which interviewed people about a range of topics. Wellbeing and housing statistics manager Dr Claire Bretherton says recent migrants, who had moved to New Zealand within the last five years, were the least likely to identify environmental problems compared with longer-term migrants and those born here. Four out of five New Zealanders are concerned about freshwater quality in rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjI4Mzk/Environment-top-concern-for-M%C4%81ori
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 3, 2019 16:23:10 GMT 12
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR WALKING ACCESS ACTThe Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) recently announced strong public support and need for the Walking Access Act 2008. The news comes after a mandatory review of the Act, which the MPI completes every 10 years. The review looked at whether the Act is fit for the future and what improvements are needed. This included considering access to the outdoors in cities, towns, rural areas and further afield, and access to wāhi tapu and other areas of cultural significance. The review has made 30 recommendations and proposed six technical legislative changes. Amongst those recommendations are changing the name of the Act and the commission to reflect its work leading and supporting public access to the outdoors generally, rather than solely walking access. They also include acknowledging the Māori-Crown relationship under the Treaty of Waitangi through a partnership approach between the commission and Māori...... www.thewanakasun.co.nz/news/10880-public-support-walking-access-act.html
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