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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 10, 2020 3:27:05 GMT 12
MAORI COUNCIL TRIES TO REVIVE WATER CLAIMThe New Zealand Maori Council is talking up a possible bid to return to the High Court to get a sympathetic judge to declare that “Maori” indeed own all the water in New Zealand. Remember that the Maori Council has a single strategy which involves getting a sympathetic recommendation from the Waitangi Tribunal, and using that non-binding recommendation as evidence in a High Court bid for a judicial review. The Maori Council uses any tribunal claim or court action to create a platform upon which claimants may repeat a claim, no matter how far-fetched it is, until the claim becomes embedded in the government and media psyche as a fact..... www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2003/S00081/maori-council-tries-to-revive-water-claim.htm
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 10, 2020 3:30:45 GMT 12
IWI OFFER HELP AS NORTHLAND WATER CRISIS DEEPENS Ngapuhi chair Mere Mangu says the drought in Northland has highlighted the need for resolution of Māori rights and interests in water. With the region looking for alternate sources of water for the main towns, Māori trusts and iwi have stepped up and offered supply from bores on their land. She says that has raised questions about the way the councils have allocated water from the aquifers in the past...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjM3NjI/Paakiwaha/Iwi-offer-help-as-Northland-water-crisis-deepens
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