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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 4, 2020 3:53:29 GMT 12
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: PARTNERSHIP WITH IWI GOVERNANCERecent developments in Taupō have shown how governance functions might be shared between the Crown and Māori governance entities under the provisions of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). Section 33 of the RMA provides that a local authority may transfer one or more of its RMA functions to other public authorities, including iwi authorities, and it is under this section that the Waikato Regional Council and Ngāti Tūwharetoa are working together. This recognises and formalises the longstanding role of Ngāti Tūwharetoa as the kaitiaki of the whenua and waters of Lake Taupō. Further, this relationship sets a precedent for the ways that Crown entities can share stewardship of the land with Māori governance bodies and in continuing discussions as to what indigenous governance can look like....... mccawlewis.co.nz/publications/resource-management-partnership-with-iwi-governance/
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