Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 3, 2017 17:04:58 GMT 12
MAORI RIGHTS TO FRESHWATER BIG TALKING POINT BETWEEN IWI AND THE GOVERNMENT AT WAITANGI
The host of the Iwi Chairs Forum says Prime Minister Bill English is a "safe pair of hands" to deal with.
Harry Burkhardt, chair of Ngati Kuri who hosted the forum in Waitangi on Friday, said English was "a known quantity to iwi" and a long relationship between him and Maori makes engaging with him easier, which was important because "the ability for us to have that conversation is possibly our currency".
Chair of Waikato-Tainui, Rahui Papa, said iwi were discussing possible models of allocation of freshwater and it's hoped a decision would be finalised by Waitangi next year.
"We want the same opportunities for iwi as corporates get now. So bottling companies can take the whole 100 per cent of some of the flows of the tributaries of rivers."
Iwi want enough water to "sustain the flow" and whatever is left can be offered up for allocation, he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/89074115/Maori-rights-to-freshwater-big-talking-point-between-iwi-and-the-government-at-Waitangi
The host of the Iwi Chairs Forum says Prime Minister Bill English is a "safe pair of hands" to deal with.
Harry Burkhardt, chair of Ngati Kuri who hosted the forum in Waitangi on Friday, said English was "a known quantity to iwi" and a long relationship between him and Maori makes engaging with him easier, which was important because "the ability for us to have that conversation is possibly our currency".
Chair of Waikato-Tainui, Rahui Papa, said iwi were discussing possible models of allocation of freshwater and it's hoped a decision would be finalised by Waitangi next year.
"We want the same opportunities for iwi as corporates get now. So bottling companies can take the whole 100 per cent of some of the flows of the tributaries of rivers."
Iwi want enough water to "sustain the flow" and whatever is left can be offered up for allocation, he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/89074115/Maori-rights-to-freshwater-big-talking-point-between-iwi-and-the-government-at-Waitangi