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Whānau and hapū of Te Waiariki seek legal counsel over sale of ancestral lands


Te Matakīrea o Pātaua spokesperson Kelly Klink
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For over two weeks the working group, Te Matakīrea o Pātaua has led the response from affected whānau and hapū of Te Waiariki, holding an occupation on land at Te Mautohe ki Pātaua just outside of Whangārei.
A fifth tribal wānanga hosted by Te Mautohe ki Pātaua was held on the land this week and the group will now sort legal counsel.
Te Matakīrea o Pātaua spokesperson Kelly Klink said there had been grievance with the land as it used to be a river flowing in between Pātaua and Taiharuru but it had been dammed up. ....

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What sparked DoC's 'flawed' media permits


What sparked DoC’s ‘flawed’ media permits
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Top Conservation Department bosses ordered a review of media access, and then seemingly forgot to check the result. David Williams reports
In July 2018, kauri dieback reached crisis point.
Stuff reported the fatal disease was nearing the country’s largest remaining kauri tree, Tāne Mahuta, which has stood in Northland’s Waipoua forest for more than 2000 years.
The iconic native tree, a big pull for Northland’s tourism industry, could be infected within a year, the story warned. Scientist Amanda Black accused Ministry for Primary Industries of mishandling the issue and muzzling scientists. (MPI replied that the recovery process had been agreed and research findings and other reports had been made available to the public.) ....

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