Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 8, 2020 4:13:43 GMT 12
BYPASSING RMA COULD RESULT IN PROTEST, YEARS OF COURT ACTION
What do Ihumātao and the Kaikōura highway rebuild have in common?
They were consented using types of legislation designed to bypass public consultation in order to build houses and roads faster.
The result: protest from tangata whenua and the public over the desecration of wāhi tapu, and in the case of Ihumātao, years of court action culminating in the largest land occupation since Bastion Point......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/416100/bypassing-rma-could-result-in-protest-years-of-court-action
What do Ihumātao and the Kaikōura highway rebuild have in common?
They were consented using types of legislation designed to bypass public consultation in order to build houses and roads faster.
The result: protest from tangata whenua and the public over the desecration of wāhi tapu, and in the case of Ihumātao, years of court action culminating in the largest land occupation since Bastion Point......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/416100/bypassing-rma-could-result-in-protest-years-of-court-action