Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 3, 2021 2:31:54 GMT 12
NGATI AWA FIGHT ON OTAKIRI MOVES TO APPEAL COURT
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa has been granted leave to appeal a High Court decision upholding the grant of consent to expand a water bottling plant at Otākiri near Whakatane.
Ngāti Awa chief executive Leonie Simpson says the ease with which Creswell secured the consent showed up gaps in New Zealand’s laws, particularly as the resource will only get more scarce.
She says Ngāti Awa feels the lower courts didn’t understand the issues of tikanga and kawa put before them.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/Mjc5MjM=/Ngati-Awa-fight-on-Otakiri-moves-to-Appeal-Court
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa has been granted leave to appeal a High Court decision upholding the grant of consent to expand a water bottling plant at Otākiri near Whakatane.
Ngāti Awa chief executive Leonie Simpson says the ease with which Creswell secured the consent showed up gaps in New Zealand’s laws, particularly as the resource will only get more scarce.
She says Ngāti Awa feels the lower courts didn’t understand the issues of tikanga and kawa put before them.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/Mjc5MjM=/Ngati-Awa-fight-on-Otakiri-moves-to-Appeal-Court