Western Bay council wins Local Government award for Panepane Point return
7 May, 2021 03:17 AM
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Panepane Point on Matakana Island which had ownership transferred back to five hapū last year. Photo / File
Panepane Point on Matakana Island which had ownership transferred back to five hapū last year. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
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The return of Matakana Island s Panepane Point to five local hapū has proved a winning project for the Western Bay of Plenty District Council.
The council was awarded the top prize, the Local Government Supreme Award, at the 2021 LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards last night, the council said in a statement.
Friday, 7 May 2021, 3:44 pm
Waikato Regional Council has won a prestigious national
award for its transfer of specific water quality monitoring
functions to the Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board
The
award winners were announced at a gala dinner of Taituarā,
a national organisation for local government professionals,
in Wellington last night.
Waikato Regional Council
took the top spot in The Buddle Findlay Award for Bicultural
Leadership, which recognises programmes, projects or
initiatives that demonstrate outstanding results from
working in partnership with Māori.
The council won
for transferring summer bathing beach, regional rivers,
rainfall and groundwater quality monitoring within the Lake