Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 7, 2018 17:13:20 GMT 12
DOC TO WORK WITH IWI OVER WILD PIG PROBLEM
The Department of Conservation says it will consult its iwi partners on what to do to about wild pigs in a Northland kauri forest.
The forests contain some of the largest stands of ancient kauri in the north.
DOC's Kaitaia operations manager David Neho said he would talk to tangatawhenua about a possible action plan.
But he said the matter was reasonably complex: the wild pigs were kai for locals, yet the area they were destroying was taonga - a cultural treasure......
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/doc-to-work-with-iwi-over-wild-pig-problem/ar-AAwOhlq
The Department of Conservation says it will consult its iwi partners on what to do to about wild pigs in a Northland kauri forest.
The forests contain some of the largest stands of ancient kauri in the north.
DOC's Kaitaia operations manager David Neho said he would talk to tangatawhenua about a possible action plan.
But he said the matter was reasonably complex: the wild pigs were kai for locals, yet the area they were destroying was taonga - a cultural treasure......
www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/doc-to-work-with-iwi-over-wild-pig-problem/ar-AAwOhlq