Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 20, 2022 4:19:25 GMT 12
THE RMA REFORMS PROPOSE A NEW TREATY RIGHTS MONITOR - WHAT ELSE DO THEY MEAN FOR MĀORI?
Reforms to the Resource Management Act will establish a nationwide monitor for Treaty rights and instruct planning committees and courts to consider tikanga in their decisions.
Professor Carwyn Jones (Ngāi Te Apatu, Ngāti Kahungunu), a tikanga and legal expert of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, said the entity was “a positive step” towards incorporating mātauranga Māori into environmental management......