Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 26, 2020 3:22:42 GMT 12
IWI REPS PULL PIN ON WEST COAST CONSERVATION BOARD
The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board has cancelled its scheduled meeting at short notice – for the first time in memory – after a walkout by Ngāi Tahu representatives.
The board was due to hold its bi-monthly meeting at Fox Glacier on Wednesday.
Tumahai said he and the Ngāi Tahu reps were increasingly uncomfortable in board meetings, and felt the board was setting the Conservation Act above Treaty of Waitangi principles.
"It started last year when the chair didn't see the need to start meetings with a karakia, and then they weren't comfortable having meetings on the marae.
"We have told the minister Ngāi Tahu are pulling out of the board until a few things are sorted out, and asked her to put board meetings on hold till it's resolved."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/119797005/iwi-reps-pull-pin-on-west-coast-conservation-board
The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board has cancelled its scheduled meeting at short notice – for the first time in memory – after a walkout by Ngāi Tahu representatives.
The board was due to hold its bi-monthly meeting at Fox Glacier on Wednesday.
Tumahai said he and the Ngāi Tahu reps were increasingly uncomfortable in board meetings, and felt the board was setting the Conservation Act above Treaty of Waitangi principles.
"It started last year when the chair didn't see the need to start meetings with a karakia, and then they weren't comfortable having meetings on the marae.
"We have told the minister Ngāi Tahu are pulling out of the board until a few things are sorted out, and asked her to put board meetings on hold till it's resolved."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/119797005/iwi-reps-pull-pin-on-west-coast-conservation-board