Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 19, 2024 5:02:09 GMT 12
RUAPUKE APPLICATION WILL FACE INTENSE SCRUTINY
A new application to establish a mātaitai reserve around the Ruapuke island group, which has been increasingly used by recreational fishers as a safe area in the wild waters of Foveaux Strait, is now under way.
The area is being overfished, according to the applicants, the Topi and Whaitiri whānau and Te Rūnaka o Awarua.
They assert tikanga and customary fishing rights alongside a need for greater environmental protection.
When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed at Ruapuke, Chief Tūhawaiki asked the Crown to sign another document acknowledging that those islands were for him and his people.
As a result, the “significance and claimed sovereign status” of the group meant it had sat outside most processes…
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350347171/ruapuke-application-will-face-intense-scrutiny
A new application to establish a mātaitai reserve around the Ruapuke island group, which has been increasingly used by recreational fishers as a safe area in the wild waters of Foveaux Strait, is now under way.
The area is being overfished, according to the applicants, the Topi and Whaitiri whānau and Te Rūnaka o Awarua.
They assert tikanga and customary fishing rights alongside a need for greater environmental protection.
When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed at Ruapuke, Chief Tūhawaiki asked the Crown to sign another document acknowledging that those islands were for him and his people.
As a result, the “significance and claimed sovereign status” of the group meant it had sat outside most processes…
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350347171/ruapuke-application-will-face-intense-scrutiny