Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 6, 2019 3:05:29 GMT 12
CONSERVATION BOARD AGENDA IRKS IWI
Poutini Ngāi Tahu is calling for a shake-up in the composition of the West Coast Conservation Board because of what it says is an over-weighting of conservationists.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae chair Francois Tumahai, one of the two iwi representatives on the board, says over the past year it has strayed into areas that are properly the concern or management or mana whenua.
"You find them delving into areas and actually using Māori terms like mana - this area's losing its mana, the river is losing its mana - they've got no right to use that. Only kaitiaki can do that and that's us........
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMyNTk/Paakiwaha/Conservation-Board-agenda-irks-iwi
Poutini Ngāi Tahu is calling for a shake-up in the composition of the West Coast Conservation Board because of what it says is an over-weighting of conservationists.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae chair Francois Tumahai, one of the two iwi representatives on the board, says over the past year it has strayed into areas that are properly the concern or management or mana whenua.
"You find them delving into areas and actually using Māori terms like mana - this area's losing its mana, the river is losing its mana - they've got no right to use that. Only kaitiaki can do that and that's us........
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMyNTk/Paakiwaha/Conservation-Board-agenda-irks-iwi