Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 6, 2016 17:19:03 GMT 12
FLIGHTS IN BREACH OF DOC PLAN
Internal documents reveal the Department of Conservation received payments for glacier landings which breached its own management plan for Fiordland National Park.
Ngai Tahu said it was concerned about the legality of the process, and that it could set a precedent that commercialised conservation and disregarded Treaty of Waitangi partnerships.
West Coast iwi Makaawhio is also crying foul.
Te Runanga o Makaawhio says the increased flights were not notified to Ngai Tahu, even though Mt Tutoko, the highest mountain in Fiordland and close to the ice plateau, has legal protection as a topuni, or place of special significance.
Makaawhio tumuaki (general manager) Susan Wallace said the mountain had cultural values.
"Often when we reference who we are ... that's our ancestral mountain. It's part of our genealogy. There needs to be some place that remains silent.'' ….
www.odt.co.nz/regions/otago/389358/flights-breach-plan
Internal documents reveal the Department of Conservation received payments for glacier landings which breached its own management plan for Fiordland National Park.
Ngai Tahu said it was concerned about the legality of the process, and that it could set a precedent that commercialised conservation and disregarded Treaty of Waitangi partnerships.
West Coast iwi Makaawhio is also crying foul.
Te Runanga o Makaawhio says the increased flights were not notified to Ngai Tahu, even though Mt Tutoko, the highest mountain in Fiordland and close to the ice plateau, has legal protection as a topuni, or place of special significance.
Makaawhio tumuaki (general manager) Susan Wallace said the mountain had cultural values.
"Often when we reference who we are ... that's our ancestral mountain. It's part of our genealogy. There needs to be some place that remains silent.'' ….
www.odt.co.nz/regions/otago/389358/flights-breach-plan
