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Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 30, 2020 5:12:51 GMT 12
PORK BONES AND PICTURES IN APANUI COVID RECOVERY PLAN Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi Te Whanau a Apanui has packed up its border control, but it continues to marshal resources to help its whanau cope with the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. Spokesperson Willie Te Aho is this weekend distributing 4 pallets of roasts and pork bones from a Ministry for Primary Industries programme to deal with an excess of pork built up through the lockdown. Ten pallets were distributed earlier this week in Gisborne and the East Coast....... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjQ2Mjg/Paakiwaha/WNEWS-29.05:-Pork-bones-and-pictures-in-Apanui-COVID-recovery-plan?story_id=MjQ2Mjg VOTE TO ERECT ENDEAVOUR REPLICAS IN GISBORNE WITHOUT IWI CONSULTATION STUNS COUNCILLOR A decision to erect new replicas of the Endeavour in Gisborne without consulting local iwi has stunned and surprised one councillor who voted against the move. Gisborne District Council's operations committee, which comprises all 14 councillors, on Thursday voted 11-3 in favour of installing the new replicas if a community group can raise sufficient funds for the poles strong enough to hold them. The staff paper before the committee advised councillors that the decision was of high significance to local iwi. "We felt consultation was needed. They're going to go on Rongowhakaata (local iwi) land. As a council we are beholden to do diligence around te tiriti," she said..... www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/121665644/vote-to-erect-endeavour-replicas-in-gisborne-without-iwi-consultation-stuns-councillor
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