|
Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 11, 2021 4:22:40 GMT 12
FORMER NATIONAL MINISTER SUPPORTS DOC GIVING IWI MORE CONSERVATION LANDIn a discussion document from a recent hui, DOC recommends overhauling conservation legislation to be more in line with the Treaty of Waitangi. This would entail delegating and transferring power over doc land to local iwi. However, National's former treaty negotiations minister Chris Finlayson says that when he took over the portfolio, he thought DoC needed to "get real" to act in accordance with the Treaty. Finlayson says that he was always very careful with the National Park, but there was a lot of land he thought should be given to iwi…… www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/chris-finlayson-former-national-minister-supports-doc-giving-iwi-more-conservation-land/
|
|