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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 3, 2018 17:20:51 GMT 12
RIGHTS TO FRESH WATER TO BE DISCUSSED AS GOVT MEETS IWI LEADERSAfter years of impasse over Māori rights to freshwater, iwi may head back to court. Several Cabinet ministers are headed north to Ngaruawahia today to meet with the Iwi Chairs Forum, where water is set to be a hot issue. It's the first meeting between the leaders and the government since Cabinet agreed not to pursue any water ownership rights for Māori. While the government will not pursue any ownership rights for Māori, it will provide capital - most likely through the provincial growth fund - for Māori to develop water storage so they can make better use of under-developed land. But Ngāpuhi negotiator and senior member of Labour's Māori Council Rudy Taylor said that would not float with iwi. He likened the situation to the foreshore and seabed controversy in 2004 that led to one of the biggest hikoi ever seen at Parliament...... www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/rights-to-fresh-water-to-be-discussed-as-govt-meets-iwi-leaders/ar-BBLpX5u?li=BBqdmGR KAHUI WAI MĀORI GROUP TO WORK ON FRESHWATERThe Government is establishing a new group to broaden the conversation with Māori on freshwater. Environment Minister David Parker today briefed the Iwi Chairs Forum meeting on plans to establish the group, to be known as Kahui Wai Māori – the Māori Freshwater Forum. “Freshwater is a taonga of huge significance for Maori and all New Zealanders...... www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1808/S00039/kahui-wai-maori-group-to-work-on-freshwater.htm
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