Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 3, 2020 3:57:36 GMT 12
IWI LEADERS DISCUSS BILLION DOLLAR WATER RIGHTS DEAL AHEAD OF WAITANGI
Iwi leaders could pull back on threats to sue the Government over water rights if a deal can be done that would see $1 billion invested in water storage schemes.
“Te Tiriti o Waitangi guaranteed certain rights to us and freshwater is a guaranteed right, the equivalent term in 1840 I guess was ownership," iwi leader Willie Te Aho told 1 NEWS today.
Mr Te Aho is proposing a partial solution to the long-running, politically fraught issue of Māori claims of water ownership.
In exchange for dropping legal action for five years, iwi chairs would ask the Government to increase an existing provincial growth fund that is tagged specifically for Māori land.
It would rise from $100 million now to $200 million, for $1 billion over five years.
The situation would then be reassessed in 2025......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/iwi-leaders-discuss-billion-dollar-water-rights-deal-ahead-waitangi
Iwi leaders could pull back on threats to sue the Government over water rights if a deal can be done that would see $1 billion invested in water storage schemes.
“Te Tiriti o Waitangi guaranteed certain rights to us and freshwater is a guaranteed right, the equivalent term in 1840 I guess was ownership," iwi leader Willie Te Aho told 1 NEWS today.
Mr Te Aho is proposing a partial solution to the long-running, politically fraught issue of Māori claims of water ownership.
In exchange for dropping legal action for five years, iwi chairs would ask the Government to increase an existing provincial growth fund that is tagged specifically for Māori land.
It would rise from $100 million now to $200 million, for $1 billion over five years.
The situation would then be reassessed in 2025......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/iwi-leaders-discuss-billion-dollar-water-rights-deal-ahead-waitangi