Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 11, 2020 4:23:45 GMT 12
PRESSURE ON FOR WATER SOLUTION
A leading member of the Iwi Chairs Forum says a proposal to set aside court action of Maori rights and interests in water in exchange for investment in water storage schemes is worthy of consideration.
“Obviously the stuff we were been doing for the last seven years around water is not taking us anywhere so we have to find another model by which we can make progress and if it means we have to put aside the threat of litigation, which is the only tool Māori have got, we keep going back to court, we keep going to the tribunal, we are so far apart in our perspectives there is a better chance of Jesus arriving than finding a solution,” he says.
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjM1NjQ
A leading member of the Iwi Chairs Forum says a proposal to set aside court action of Maori rights and interests in water in exchange for investment in water storage schemes is worthy of consideration.
“Obviously the stuff we were been doing for the last seven years around water is not taking us anywhere so we have to find another model by which we can make progress and if it means we have to put aside the threat of litigation, which is the only tool Māori have got, we keep going back to court, we keep going to the tribunal, we are so far apart in our perspectives there is a better chance of Jesus arriving than finding a solution,” he says.
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjM1NjQ