Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 22, 2023 4:26:51 GMT 12
IWI OWNER KEEN ON CO-MANAGEMENT OF BEACH RESERVE
The iwi that owns a Taranaki beachfront campground reserve is backing a proposal to co-manage their land with the local council.
Ngāti Mutunga have owned Onaero Reserve since it was returned in the iwi’s 2005 Treaty settlement, but the deal demands it remains a recreation reserve administered by New Plymouth District Council.
Taranaki councils are increasingly sharing management and governance duties with iwi and hapū, despite vocal election-year objections that politicians are eroding democratic control of public assets.
But the typical co-management arrangement is turned upside-down at Onaero, where Ngāti Mutunga is the landowner sharing control with NPDC.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300858799/iwi-owner-keen-on-comanagement-of-beach-reserve
The iwi that owns a Taranaki beachfront campground reserve is backing a proposal to co-manage their land with the local council.
Ngāti Mutunga have owned Onaero Reserve since it was returned in the iwi’s 2005 Treaty settlement, but the deal demands it remains a recreation reserve administered by New Plymouth District Council.
Taranaki councils are increasingly sharing management and governance duties with iwi and hapū, despite vocal election-year objections that politicians are eroding democratic control of public assets.
But the typical co-management arrangement is turned upside-down at Onaero, where Ngāti Mutunga is the landowner sharing control with NPDC.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300858799/iwi-owner-keen-on-comanagement-of-beach-reserve