Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 25, 2020 11:22:57 GMT 12
COAST COUNCILS SUPPORT LEGAL CHALLENGE TO SNA AND WETLAND LABELS ON MĀORI RESERVES
The West Coast Regional Council may challenge the legality of labelling Māori reserves as wetlands, or significant natural areas.
Councils around the country are being made to identify wetlands and SNAs in their districts, including on private land, in line with the Government's national policy statements on freshwater and indigenous biodiversity.
But council leaders and iwi working on a new district plan to cover the whole coast are asking if Māori reserves could be exempted from the regime.
Te Runanga o Makaawhio chairman Paul Madgwick told the Te Tai Poutini One Plan governance group this week, the Crown should have no authority over the iwi's reserve land at Mahitahi/Bruce Bay.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/121252358/coast-councils-support-legal-challenge-to-sna-and-wetland-labels-on-maori-reserves
The West Coast Regional Council may challenge the legality of labelling Māori reserves as wetlands, or significant natural areas.
Councils around the country are being made to identify wetlands and SNAs in their districts, including on private land, in line with the Government's national policy statements on freshwater and indigenous biodiversity.
But council leaders and iwi working on a new district plan to cover the whole coast are asking if Māori reserves could be exempted from the regime.
Te Runanga o Makaawhio chairman Paul Madgwick told the Te Tai Poutini One Plan governance group this week, the Crown should have no authority over the iwi's reserve land at Mahitahi/Bruce Bay.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/121252358/coast-councils-support-legal-challenge-to-sna-and-wetland-labels-on-maori-reserves