Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 15, 2017 16:05:50 GMT 12
STAND-OFF BETWEEN NGAI TAHU AND LYTTELTON PORT OVER DREDGING PLANS
Two of the South Island's largest organisations are at odds over a planned dredging operation in Lyttelton Harbour.
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has applied to expand its shipping channel, allowing larger ships to enter the port.
The channel expansion would cost up to $120 million and was part of the port's $1 billion redevelopment.
Both dumping sites are within the Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal sanctuary and near the peninsula's fisheries, where paua, crayfish, mussels, and flatfish are harvested.
The fisheries, including several marine farms, are used for mahinga kai (food gathering) by Ngai Tahu Seafood and Port Levy-based Te Rununga o Koukourarata.
The iwi had invested heavily in aquaculture on Banks Peninsula and believed the port's plans could degrade the harbour and impact mahinga kai.
Ngai Tahu said the port's application was "fundamentally flawed," and experts it commissioned found "several deficiencies" which meant it could not support the application as it stood.....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/89342132/standoff-between-ngai-tahu-and-lyttelton-port-over-dredging-plans
Two of the South Island's largest organisations are at odds over a planned dredging operation in Lyttelton Harbour.
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has applied to expand its shipping channel, allowing larger ships to enter the port.
The channel expansion would cost up to $120 million and was part of the port's $1 billion redevelopment.
Both dumping sites are within the Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal sanctuary and near the peninsula's fisheries, where paua, crayfish, mussels, and flatfish are harvested.
The fisheries, including several marine farms, are used for mahinga kai (food gathering) by Ngai Tahu Seafood and Port Levy-based Te Rununga o Koukourarata.
The iwi had invested heavily in aquaculture on Banks Peninsula and believed the port's plans could degrade the harbour and impact mahinga kai.
Ngai Tahu said the port's application was "fundamentally flawed," and experts it commissioned found "several deficiencies" which meant it could not support the application as it stood.....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/89342132/standoff-between-ngai-tahu-and-lyttelton-port-over-dredging-plans