A representative of the Whatitiri Māori Reserves Trust says the Northland Regional Council is making moves to avoid consulting with hapū and iwi. This follows an application made by council to reduce its daily water intake which could impact the requirement to consult hapū around resource consent.
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Mayoral 'Shots Fired' at Manurewa Marae
Auckland Mayor Phill Goff took the fight to Māori Mayoral Contender John Tamihere for the very first time at Manurewa Marae today.
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Urgent action needed to stop further deaths from contaminated water
A Māori research scientist has called for a complete overhaul on the way that we test Water Quality in New Zealand. Dr Leonie Jones (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) sees pitfalls in our current monitoring methods and says more needs to be done.
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Māori Anxious about the Future of Water
Reforms on how drinking water will be regulated is at the forefront of the annual Water NZ Conference and Expo in Hamilton this week.
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Far North Wastewater doesn't Receive the Treatment it Deserves
Far North iwi Ngāti Kahu are enraged, that after 10 years, the local council has done nothing to rectify water quality in the region.
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Iwi leader honoured with ONZM for services to Māori
Maanu Paul has played a critical role in the Government's direction on New Zealand's water rights and for more than half a century has contributed to the advancement of Māori.
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Olympic champs dive into Ōkahu Bay clean up
Kiwi Olympic champions Blair Tuke and Peter Burling led the charge today to clean up Ōkahu Bay in downtown Auckland. The gold medalist sailors joined with locals, mana whenua and divers from Wellington to collect a growing amount of rubbish being dumped into Ōkahu Bay waterways and onto surrounding land.
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Kaipara set to receive provisions from $12m waterway clean-up
The Kaipara Harbour is set to receive provisions from $12million in government funds to help improve and clean up its waterways. Today, government announced the next step in its plan to making NZ waterways swimmable again.
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Watchdog required for safe drinking water
The government has decided New Zealand needs a watchdog to make sure safe drinking water is available around the country. It comes after a campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North in 2016, when 5,000 people got sick from drinking the town's tap water.
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Population increase sees more challenges for Northland
The Whangarei District Council says the city has seen a 50 percent population increase over the last five years.
