Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 25, 2016 16:52:20 GMT 12
Rights to fresh water get clouded
Maori leaders have laughed off Northland Regional Council claims that the way water is managed in the region is working well, amid councillor fears iwi will soon be granted special rights to fresh water.
Northland Regional Council held an emergency meeting on Friday, establishing its stance against Maori fresh water rights, in what one councillor termed "the next foreshore and seabed debate".
Councillor John Bain said the worst-case scenario was the "commercialisation of water by any special interest group".
NRC chairman Bill Shepherd said a paper put to Cabinet early last year indicated the Government's position was that no one owned fresh water….
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11579206
Maori leaders have laughed off Northland Regional Council claims that the way water is managed in the region is working well, amid councillor fears iwi will soon be granted special rights to fresh water.
Northland Regional Council held an emergency meeting on Friday, establishing its stance against Maori fresh water rights, in what one councillor termed "the next foreshore and seabed debate".
Councillor John Bain said the worst-case scenario was the "commercialisation of water by any special interest group".
NRC chairman Bill Shepherd said a paper put to Cabinet early last year indicated the Government's position was that no one owned fresh water….
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11579206