Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 29, 2020 4:30:26 GMT 12
MĀORI COUNCIL TAKES POST-QUAKE REBUILD CONCERNS TO AUDITOR GENERAL
The Kaikōura road and rail rebuild has $80 million worth of construction to go, and the Auditor General has been called on to ensure there has been "proper financial oversight" of the project.
The New Zealand Māori Council wrote to the Auditor General in November, calling for them to investigate the use of Crown funds in the rebuild.
Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki believed there had been "construction creep" in the project......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/118980032/mori-council-takes-postquake-rebuild-concerns-to-auditor-general
TRANSPORT AGENCY HALTS WORK ON KAIKŌURA COASTAL PATH AFTER OPPOSITION
The Transport Agency has stopped all work on a walking and cycling path along the Kaikōura coast because it was vehemently opposed by local Māori.
The halt comes after protest group Protect Our Unique Coastline threatened last year to take drastic measures to stop further construction of the path.
Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura have also been firm in their opposition to the 6m wide walking and cycling path.
"It's simply because there are so many of our wāhi tapu, our wāhi taonga along this coastline and it was almost going to be impossible for those types of sites that are so significant to us to be avoided," Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura kaihautū Korey Gibson said......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/408222/transport-agency-halts-work-on-kaikoura-coastal-path-after-opposition
The Kaikōura road and rail rebuild has $80 million worth of construction to go, and the Auditor General has been called on to ensure there has been "proper financial oversight" of the project.
The New Zealand Māori Council wrote to the Auditor General in November, calling for them to investigate the use of Crown funds in the rebuild.
Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki believed there had been "construction creep" in the project......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/118980032/mori-council-takes-postquake-rebuild-concerns-to-auditor-general
TRANSPORT AGENCY HALTS WORK ON KAIKŌURA COASTAL PATH AFTER OPPOSITION
The Transport Agency has stopped all work on a walking and cycling path along the Kaikōura coast because it was vehemently opposed by local Māori.
The halt comes after protest group Protect Our Unique Coastline threatened last year to take drastic measures to stop further construction of the path.
Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura have also been firm in their opposition to the 6m wide walking and cycling path.
"It's simply because there are so many of our wāhi tapu, our wāhi taonga along this coastline and it was almost going to be impossible for those types of sites that are so significant to us to be avoided," Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura kaihautū Korey Gibson said......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/408222/transport-agency-halts-work-on-kaikoura-coastal-path-after-opposition