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Whanganui River Road earthworks suspended following protest over consultation

Whanganui River Road earthworks suspended following protest over consultation
18 Feb, 2021 04:00 AM
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Around 100 protestors converged on the site on Thursday. Photo / Bevan Conley
Work has been suspended clearing a portion of a cliff face at the Pūnakewhitu/Gentle Annie lookout on the Whanganui River Road.
About 120 gathered to protest at the site on Thursday morning arguing there was
little consultation with local hapū.
The earthworks, which involve clearing a portion of the cliff face directly next to the lookout picnic tables is being undertaken to widen the access road to a private property.
According to protest organiser Ken Mair, the earthworks at the site began on Wednesday, to the surprise of local hapū. ....

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New Zealand challenged by Māori academics to decolonise its legal training

Now it looks like that project is being picked up in earnest.
Moves are happening at multiple levels. Political commentators have noted how Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed Māori and Pasifika MPs to cover the justice-related portfolios in her second-term Cabinet.
Kelvin Davis was already the Corrections Minister, and as the new Children’s Minister, he now also takes charge of Oranga Tamariki.
Poto Williams is Police Minister, while Kris Faafoi replaces Andrew Little as the Justice Minister.
These are symbolic top-level steps, if nothing else.
However, decolonisation is a broad project. And flying slightly under the radar has been a call by Māori law academics for a grassroots reform of legal training. ....

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