Press Release – Rangitane o Wairarapa Wairarapa iwi Rangitne o Wairarapa stand with the Wairarapa Community and welcome their peaceful protests at Greater Wellington Regional Council Masterton today. We share their concerns around the environmental, cultural and economic impacts of this …
Wairarapa iwi Rangitāne o Wairarapa stand with the Wairarapa Community and welcome their peaceful protests at Greater Wellington Regional Council Masterton today. We share their concerns around the environmental, cultural and economic impacts of this project, and we stand with them in calling for a better process from Wairarapa Water Limited.
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More than 40 protestors marched through Masterton today, protesting against a dam being proposed for the Wairarapa. The campaigners, from a range of local environmental groups, met outside the Wellington Regional Council’s Wairarapa office, joined in opposition to the Wakamoekau community water storage scheme.
A Wairarapa iwi has also raised concerns over the multi-million dollar dam project. Rangitāne o Wairarapa leaders have criticised the company behind the water storage scheme [WCWSS], saying the scheme proposed for near Masterton lacked an assessment of its cultural impact, and had yet to conduct public consultation.
Wairarapa Water Ltd [WWL] is the driving force behind the scheme. Formed in 2017, the company adopted work started by the Regional Council, among other stakeholders on “water security” in the upper Ruamahanga river network.