Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 7, 2022 3:25:56 GMT 12
TRIBUNAL AFFIRMS MĀORI VOICE NEEDED IN RMA REFORMS
The findings of a Waitangi Tribunal report on Māori appointments to regional planning committees under the incoming Natural and Built Environments legislation have been welcomed by the New Zealand Māori Council.
In its findings, the tribunal says the proposed bill doesn't breach the Treaty of Waitangi and therefore it can't offer any recommendations to the government, but it also suggested that organisations like the Māori Council should be engaged in the process.
"We have found that the Crown's proposal that iwi and hapū should lead and facilitate the process to decide an appointing body is Treaty compliant at a high level of principle," it wrote....
www.teaomaori.news/tribunal-affirms-maori-voice-needed-rma-reforms
The findings of a Waitangi Tribunal report on Māori appointments to regional planning committees under the incoming Natural and Built Environments legislation have been welcomed by the New Zealand Māori Council.
In its findings, the tribunal says the proposed bill doesn't breach the Treaty of Waitangi and therefore it can't offer any recommendations to the government, but it also suggested that organisations like the Māori Council should be engaged in the process.
"We have found that the Crown's proposal that iwi and hapū should lead and facilitate the process to decide an appointing body is Treaty compliant at a high level of principle," it wrote....
www.teaomaori.news/tribunal-affirms-maori-voice-needed-rma-reforms