Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 11, 2020 3:03:55 GMT 12
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO BE LAUNCHED AGAINST LAKE HOROWHENUA EXEMPTION TO FRESHWATER STANDARDS
Legal action is being launched to fight against controversial exemptions to new freshwater standards, as a Horowhenua iwi takes the Government policy to the High Court and Waitangi Tribunal.
That warning has proven apt, with Te Rūnanga o Raukawa chief executive Lindsay Poutama telling Stuff on Monday a judicial review of the exemption was being organised.
Parker had not sought or taken advice from iwi before moving forward with the exemption, only going to them once the exemption was well under way – something Poutama said went against the Resource Management Act.
Iwi were not just another party, but partners under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, who should have been involved in proper conversations about the exemption, he said........
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300078903/legal-proceedings-to-be-launched-against-lake-horowhenua-exemption-to-freshwater-standards
Legal action is being launched to fight against controversial exemptions to new freshwater standards, as a Horowhenua iwi takes the Government policy to the High Court and Waitangi Tribunal.
That warning has proven apt, with Te Rūnanga o Raukawa chief executive Lindsay Poutama telling Stuff on Monday a judicial review of the exemption was being organised.
Parker had not sought or taken advice from iwi before moving forward with the exemption, only going to them once the exemption was well under way – something Poutama said went against the Resource Management Act.
Iwi were not just another party, but partners under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, who should have been involved in proper conversations about the exemption, he said........
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300078903/legal-proceedings-to-be-launched-against-lake-horowhenua-exemption-to-freshwater-standards