Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 7, 2019 17:20:07 GMT 12
ON NEWSHUB NATION: SIMON SHEPHERD INTERVIEWS ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DAVID PARKER
‘Someone needs to speak for the rivers, cos the rivers can’t speak for themselves.’ So you put the health of the river first, human needs second and commercial uses third.
All right, just finally, there’s nothing in this plan to address the issue of Māori water rights; why isn’t there?
Well, there is in respect to water quality, which is where we said we’d start.
We’re talking about ownership, not water quality.
Well, you know, the ownership debate one is difficult, and it doesn’t take you very far. Whether everyone owns water or no one owns water, it’s true that some people have rights and interests in water that others don’t have, including people who currently have water permits and Māori rights and interests. So, we’ve promised that we’re going to move to that next, and we will.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1909/S00106/the-nation-environment-minister-david-parker.htm
‘Someone needs to speak for the rivers, cos the rivers can’t speak for themselves.’ So you put the health of the river first, human needs second and commercial uses third.
All right, just finally, there’s nothing in this plan to address the issue of Māori water rights; why isn’t there?
Well, there is in respect to water quality, which is where we said we’d start.
We’re talking about ownership, not water quality.
Well, you know, the ownership debate one is difficult, and it doesn’t take you very far. Whether everyone owns water or no one owns water, it’s true that some people have rights and interests in water that others don’t have, including people who currently have water permits and Māori rights and interests. So, we’ve promised that we’re going to move to that next, and we will.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1909/S00106/the-nation-environment-minister-david-parker.htm