2 x Articles 12/2/21 - Greenpeace, Ngai Tahu

[Kiwi Frontline]

GREENPEACE FINDS COMMON CAUSE ON WAIKATO WATER GRAB

Greenpeace New Zealand head Russel Norman says Māori perspectives on conservation are vital in the fight against corporations.

He wants concepts like Te Mana ō te Wai and Te Mana ō te Taiao be considered when taking from the river.

"When you look at those principles they are about kaitiakitanga, guardianship, looking after the natural world.

He believes the Treaty of Waitangi gives tangata whenua the right to a share of commercial interests in water.....

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjY1Nzg/Paakiwaha/WNEWS-11.02:-Greenpeace-finds-common-cause-on-Waikato-water-grab?story_id=MjY1Nzg

[Kiwi Frontline]

NGĀI TAHU LEADER SAYS LEGAL ACTION COMES AFTER DECADES OF GOVERNMENT FAILURE OVER FRESH WATER

Ngāi Tahu’s Dr Te Maire Tau has called for fewer hui and more moral backbone from the Crown as a big North Island iwi player joins the South Island tribe's freshwater court action against the Crown.

Tau, one of the iwi’s leaders, says the “problem of water” is caused by decades of governmental failure and that Ngāi Tahu expects some level of regulatory, economic and fiscal control over water.

The Crown’s sovereignty was not absolute, but was qualified by its responsibilities in Te Tiriti.

If made, the declarations would likely “give rise to a precedent in relation to other iwi, who should also be able to establish rangatiratanga over fresh water under Article II of the Treaty”.......

www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/124199534/ngi-tahu-leader-says-legal-action-comes-after-decades-of-government-failure-over-fresh-water