Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 25, 2016 18:23:43 GMT 12
GIVE US FORESTRY MONITORING ROLE: IWI
A Kaipara man says forestry operations and waste getting into streams during pine harvesting are destroying waterways.
Tinopai resident and Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust member Mikaera Miru has accused the Northland Regional Council of turning a blind eye to the problem of waste harvest material, called slash, and forestry earthworks contaminating and blocking streams.
Mr Miru, also a member of the NRC's Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory Committee, said the council could give iwi organisations a monitoring role.
"I want Te Uri o Hau to take over the environmental responsibility within their rohe because nothing is happening on the part of the NRC, which does have the statutory obligation."...
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11735235
A Kaipara man says forestry operations and waste getting into streams during pine harvesting are destroying waterways.
Tinopai resident and Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust member Mikaera Miru has accused the Northland Regional Council of turning a blind eye to the problem of waste harvest material, called slash, and forestry earthworks contaminating and blocking streams.
Mr Miru, also a member of the NRC's Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory Committee, said the council could give iwi organisations a monitoring role.
"I want Te Uri o Hau to take over the environmental responsibility within their rohe because nothing is happening on the part of the NRC, which does have the statutory obligation."...
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11735235