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Taranaki Regional Council votes for Māori seat
7 Apr, 2021 01:39 AM
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The vote was 9-2 in favour of including a Māori seat.
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By: Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter
Taranaki Regional Council has voted to include a Māori seat in next year s local government elections.
Councillors voted 9-2 in favour after hearing submissions on the proposed constituency for voters on the Māori electoral roll.
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All eight iwi in Taranaki supported the Māori constituency, although many said it was an imperfect solution to increasing Māori participation in decision-making.
Council chairman David MacLeod said there was no other way to guarantee Māori representation with full voting rights at the council table.
The leak at a plant in Hāwera was potentially lethal to staff, emergency services personnel and nearby residents and was New Zealand's worst fish kill event, a judge has observed.
Silver Fern Farms fined $337k over potentially lethal ammonia leak
24 Feb, 2021 06:58 AM
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Silver Fern Farms has been fined $337,000 over an ammonia leak at its Hāwera plant that was potentially lethal to its staff, emergency services personnel and nearby residents.
The February 2020 leak is also being described as likely the worst single-point freshwater pollution event in terms of fish killed in New Zealand history.
In a departure from conventional practice, proceedings began today with a karakia from a Ngāti Ruanui kaumātua.
The iwi is manu whenua of the Tawhiti Stream, which bore the brunt of the ammonia spill.
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