The Whanganui River.
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Māori from Ruapehu, Whanganui, South Taranaki and Rangitīkei are organising regionally to develop a comprehensive position on resource management reforms and freshwater rights and interests.
A hui in Whanganui heard from technical advisors to the Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group on some of the government s high-level proposals for resource management and water reforms.
Kaitiaki taiao for Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa Chris Shenton said the changes and proposed changes are numerous. There s the RMA reforms, Three Waters Reform, the National Policy on Freshwater, and then the rights and interests in fresh water, which are at the core of it for whānau, hapū and iwi, Shenton said.
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Whanganui Port upgrade enters phase 2 with focus on public spaces
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Essential work has been carried out at the port for the second phase to begin. Photo / Whanganui District Council
Essential work has been carried out at the port for the second phase to begin. Photo / Whanganui District Council
Whanganui Chronicle
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Jo Anson (front), with fellow resident Garry White, co-ordinates the Koitiata Wetlands Restoration Project. Photo / Lewis Gardner
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
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Briar Fleetwood, 7, waits for a turn in a biscuit towed at Dudding Lake. Photo / Bevan Conley
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
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