Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 14, 2018 17:18:09 GMT 12
GOVERNANCE OF 90 MILE BEACH IN LIMBO DUE TO 'EMBARRASSING' TRIBAL STOUSH
Four Far North iwi are at loggerheads with one another over the territorial rights of 90 Mile Beach
The famous coastline was handed back to Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kuri and Ngāi Takoto as part of the Waitangi Settlement deal to co-govern with local government in 2015.
Three years on and with the exception of setting up governance board - iwi and local government haven't been able to make progress.
Far North District Councillor and Deputy Board Chair Mate Radich, tried to pass a motion to stop the meetings until the iwi sort out their problems.
"It's a complete shambles, it's the four iwi involved they just don't trust each other they just don't like each other and they just don't like either iwi telling them what to do," he said.
The crown gave each iwi $137,500 for Māori translation signage and regeneration activities. The governance board was given $400,000.
Consultants had been brought in and failed leaving the board with a $28,000 bill. Other funds have been spent on transporting board members to what is being described as "useless meetings".
"What worries me is we are gonna keep on going having these meetings and that money is going to be eroded all for nothing," says Mr Radich.....
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/governance-90-mile-beach-in-limbo-due-embarrassing-tribal-stoush-v1
Four Far North iwi are at loggerheads with one another over the territorial rights of 90 Mile Beach
The famous coastline was handed back to Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kuri and Ngāi Takoto as part of the Waitangi Settlement deal to co-govern with local government in 2015.
Three years on and with the exception of setting up governance board - iwi and local government haven't been able to make progress.
Far North District Councillor and Deputy Board Chair Mate Radich, tried to pass a motion to stop the meetings until the iwi sort out their problems.
"It's a complete shambles, it's the four iwi involved they just don't trust each other they just don't like each other and they just don't like either iwi telling them what to do," he said.
The crown gave each iwi $137,500 for Māori translation signage and regeneration activities. The governance board was given $400,000.
Consultants had been brought in and failed leaving the board with a $28,000 bill. Other funds have been spent on transporting board members to what is being described as "useless meetings".
"What worries me is we are gonna keep on going having these meetings and that money is going to be eroded all for nothing," says Mr Radich.....
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/governance-90-mile-beach-in-limbo-due-embarrassing-tribal-stoush-v1