The Kāpiti Coast District Council has adopted its fees and charges schedule for 2023/24, increasing most fees and charges by 4.2 percent, in line with local government inflation. Deputy Mayor Lawrence Kirby said reviewing fees and charges each year .
A respect and dignity bylaw has been passed in Gisborne banning the culturally abhorrent practice of sending mortuary waste to sea.
Kiwa group chairman Ian Ruru said it was a big day on Wednesday both for water reforms and Te Mana o te Wai.
Photo: LDR / The Gisborne Herald / Rebecca Grunwell
Ian Ruru, who leads the Kiwa group set up to provide cultural advice and technical support to the district council, said it was a big day for water reforms and Te Mana o te Wai - the health and wellbeing of water. It s official, our respect and dignity bylaw was passed, Ruru said.
A hui at the site where mortuary waste will be returned to Papatūānuku Mother Earth marks a significant step away from the culturally abhorrent practice of sending it out to sea.
Members of the Kiwa advisory group met with council staff at Taruheru Cemetery on Friday; from left, Owen Lloyd, Samuel Lewis, council project manager Wolfgang Kanz, Ian Ruru, David Hawea and Keith Katipa.
Photo: Rebecca Grunwell/The Gisborne Herald/LDR
Representatives from Tūranganui-a-Kiwa hapū and iwi met with Gisborne District Council staff at Taruheru Cemetery on Friday.
They stood at the site where mortuary waste from the region s funeral homes will be trucked in and disposed of at a specifically designed mound system.