Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 19, 2023 4:35:04 GMT 12
QUARRY HIGHLIGHTS FAILINGS FOR MĀORI AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The operation and expansion of the quarry at Te Weraiti has not only disfigured an ancestor, but also detrimentally affected natural features of high significance. Ngā hapū have long objected to the quarry discharging sediment into local rivers, rendering customary uses associated with these rivers obsolete.
Our research on the quarry’s effects has been incorporated into a recently filed Waitangi Tribunal claim, which alleges numerous Tiriti o Waitangi breaches in resource management decision making, quarrying activity on conservation land, breaches of consent conditions that were not investigated, and, in one instance, a complete absence of required resource consent....
www.newsroom.co.nz/environment/quarry-highlights-failings-for-maori-and-the-environment
The operation and expansion of the quarry at Te Weraiti has not only disfigured an ancestor, but also detrimentally affected natural features of high significance. Ngā hapū have long objected to the quarry discharging sediment into local rivers, rendering customary uses associated with these rivers obsolete.
Our research on the quarry’s effects has been incorporated into a recently filed Waitangi Tribunal claim, which alleges numerous Tiriti o Waitangi breaches in resource management decision making, quarrying activity on conservation land, breaches of consent conditions that were not investigated, and, in one instance, a complete absence of required resource consent....
www.newsroom.co.nz/environment/quarry-highlights-failings-for-maori-and-the-environment