Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 22, 2019 17:12:08 GMT 12
IWI PROTEST “RACIST” WATER POLICY
Gisborne iwi say they have had enough of the region’s “racist” approach to freshwater management.
Willie Te Aho, lead negotiator for Te Aitanga a Mahaki Treaty of Waitangi claims, said....“Today it is a racist council that does not enable legal access to freshwater for our Maori land unless we pay up to $46,000 per hectare. We have high value Maori land with no legal access to freshwater which flows past and under our Maori lands. The Gisborne District Council did not think of us, tangata whenua, when allocating our freshwater.
“When you deliberately ignore the rights of a race, you are racist. The Gisborne District Council freshwater allocation system is racist. The Gisborne District Council is racist.....
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/4249073-135/iwi-protest-racist-water-policy
Gisborne iwi say they have had enough of the region’s “racist” approach to freshwater management.
Willie Te Aho, lead negotiator for Te Aitanga a Mahaki Treaty of Waitangi claims, said....“Today it is a racist council that does not enable legal access to freshwater for our Maori land unless we pay up to $46,000 per hectare. We have high value Maori land with no legal access to freshwater which flows past and under our Maori lands. The Gisborne District Council did not think of us, tangata whenua, when allocating our freshwater.
“When you deliberately ignore the rights of a race, you are racist. The Gisborne District Council freshwater allocation system is racist. The Gisborne District Council is racist.....
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/4249073-135/iwi-protest-racist-water-policy