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WHAKATĀNE TO GO PREDATOR FREE WITH GOVERNMENT BACKING NGĀTI AWA LED EFFORTS
“The Government is investing nearly $5 million into Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa’s environmental projects with $2.5 million committed from the Department of Conservation’s Job for Nature programme and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited through the Provincial Growth Fund.
“The flagship Korehaha Whakahau project will remove possums from 4,700 hectares over five-years,” said Eugenie Sage.
“This is an ambitious project designed to remove possums completely from the area bordered by the Whakatāne River, Ōhope beach, and the Ōhiwa harbour. It will use the latest predator detection and trapping techniques,” said Eugenie Sage.
As well as the $2.5 million from DOC and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited, the $5.6 million project will receive contributions from Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Awa Group Holdings.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2006/S00265/whakatane-to-go-predator-free-with-government-backing-ngati-awa-led-efforts.htm
SAGE SAYS CHANGES TO WILDLIFE ACT WILL HAVE TO WAIT ON WAI 262 DECISIONS
The Government will not be reforming the Wildlife Act until it has finalised an “integrated approach to the Wai 262 recommendations”, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says.
The so-called ‘flora and fauna’ finding by the Waitangi Tribunal was handed down in 2011 after the initial claim was made in 1991. It was first ‘contemporary’ Treaty claim which covered who is entitled to make or participate in decisions affecting indigenous flora and fauna, the environment, Māori culture and the products of Māori culture. Ever since then governments have been pondering how to deal with the complex and politically difficult issues raised.
Sage said the Bill did not address Treaty issues. “That is really important because sharks are a taonga species and because there was a comprehensive report by the Waitangi Tribunal making significant recommendations about how the Wildlife Act needs to be amended to provide that—no one owns wildlife, to provide for shared management of protected species in line with the principles of Treaty partnership........
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2006/S00205/sage-says-changes-to-wildlife-act-will-have-to-wait-on-wai-262-decisions.htm
NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ANNOUNCED FOR WHANGANUI'S PORT
A new governance model will combine several local government and private projects to strengthen the port's retaining structures and physical infrastructure as a community-led project called Te Puwaha (the outlet or river mouth).
Gerrard Albert, chaimanr of Nga Tangata Tiaki o Whanganui Trust, says values called Tupua te Kawa must guide all decision-making around the Whanganui River.
"These values can broadly be described as the metaphysical and indivisible nature of the river, the intrinsic and inalienable place of hapu and iwi as the river, and community empowerment via a collective obligation to work collaboratively for the river's benefit......
www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/midweek/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503658&objectid=12343696
“The Government is investing nearly $5 million into Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa’s environmental projects with $2.5 million committed from the Department of Conservation’s Job for Nature programme and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited through the Provincial Growth Fund.
“The flagship Korehaha Whakahau project will remove possums from 4,700 hectares over five-years,” said Eugenie Sage.
“This is an ambitious project designed to remove possums completely from the area bordered by the Whakatāne River, Ōhope beach, and the Ōhiwa harbour. It will use the latest predator detection and trapping techniques,” said Eugenie Sage.
As well as the $2.5 million from DOC and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited, the $5.6 million project will receive contributions from Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Awa Group Holdings.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2006/S00265/whakatane-to-go-predator-free-with-government-backing-ngati-awa-led-efforts.htm
SAGE SAYS CHANGES TO WILDLIFE ACT WILL HAVE TO WAIT ON WAI 262 DECISIONS
The Government will not be reforming the Wildlife Act until it has finalised an “integrated approach to the Wai 262 recommendations”, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says.
The so-called ‘flora and fauna’ finding by the Waitangi Tribunal was handed down in 2011 after the initial claim was made in 1991. It was first ‘contemporary’ Treaty claim which covered who is entitled to make or participate in decisions affecting indigenous flora and fauna, the environment, Māori culture and the products of Māori culture. Ever since then governments have been pondering how to deal with the complex and politically difficult issues raised.
Sage said the Bill did not address Treaty issues. “That is really important because sharks are a taonga species and because there was a comprehensive report by the Waitangi Tribunal making significant recommendations about how the Wildlife Act needs to be amended to provide that—no one owns wildlife, to provide for shared management of protected species in line with the principles of Treaty partnership........
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2006/S00205/sage-says-changes-to-wildlife-act-will-have-to-wait-on-wai-262-decisions.htm
NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ANNOUNCED FOR WHANGANUI'S PORT
A new governance model will combine several local government and private projects to strengthen the port's retaining structures and physical infrastructure as a community-led project called Te Puwaha (the outlet or river mouth).
Gerrard Albert, chaimanr of Nga Tangata Tiaki o Whanganui Trust, says values called Tupua te Kawa must guide all decision-making around the Whanganui River.
"These values can broadly be described as the metaphysical and indivisible nature of the river, the intrinsic and inalienable place of hapu and iwi as the river, and community empowerment via a collective obligation to work collaboratively for the river's benefit......
www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/midweek/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503658&objectid=12343696