Water storage like this created in Ruakokore could be created here in Tairāwhiti. Pictured at the opening are (from left) Te Whanau a Maruhaeremuri Hapu chair and Raukokore River Water Limited director Jason Callaghan, RRWL director Alan Connolly, landowner representative Glenn Stirling, landowner chair Arihia Stirling, Minister Tama Potaka, RRWL chair Clive Tilby, NZ First list MP Jamie Arbuckle, National MP for East Coast Dana Kirkpatrick, RRWL project manager Brian Ellwood and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki chief executive Willie Te Aho.
by Matai O’Connor Kaupapa Māori reporter
One iwi in Tairāwhiti is aiming to use the Fast-track Approvals Bill to help create housing and water storage while another opposes the bill in its current form.
This comes after it was revealed iwi and Māori organisations in Tairāwhiti were sent letters about the Fast-track Approvals (FTA) process from Resource Management Act Reform Minister Chris ...
