New rule requiring Akld property owners to seek iwi approval

[Striver14]

Auckland Council is introducing a new rule requiring Auckland property owners to seek iwi approval to work on sites of cultural and heritage value to Maori. This will cause huge unnecessary delays and costs and is political correctness gone mad. They will claim every site has cultural and heritage value to them and will demand money for approval.

We can oppose this online by going to the auckland council site /unitary plan and then clicking on make a submission. Please do so and circulate this widely. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR THE FIRST LOT OF SUBMISSIONS.

Cheers everyone.

[Perry]

All a bit academic, now . . .
Jones Slams Iwi Approval Plan

[Davo36]

All a bit academic, now . . .
Jones Slams Iwi Approval Plan

Only because he's in the opposition party right now.

Just watch him change his tune if Labour gets in later this year.

[PC]

Where do all these consultation fees go to?
Certainly not to any struggling Maori families I know.

[Wayne]

Only because he's in the opposition party right now.

Just watch him change his tune if Labour gets in later this year.

I don't think he would change his tune.
Where is the govt on this? Have they squeeked yet or are they waiting to see which way to smile?

[Davo36]

Where do all these consultation fees go to?
Certainly not to any struggling Maori families I know.

Nah, it's to the ones smart enough to be part of the gravy train process. And they ain't giving any of it away!

[Davo36]

Just look at these piggies with their snouts in the trough: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11229279

[jimO]

we dont have IWI in the south island its to cold for the soft plicks

[jimO]

Just look at these piggies with their snouts in the trough: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11229279

youonly have to listen to Willi Jackson on radio live to understand he is a card carrying racist who believes that the poor maori can do no wrong and its all whiteys fault, and he will clip the ticket on the way through

[Wayne]

we dont have IWI in the south island its to cold for the soft plicks

Nga Tahu might have something to say about that.

[Wayne]

youonly have to listen to Willi Jackson on radio live to understand he is a card carrying racist who believes that the poor maori can do no wrong and its all whiteys fault, and he will clip the ticket on the way through

And along the way him and his cronies will become richer and the poor Maori will stay poor.

[Perry]

Was there some alternative idea suggested?

[Davo36]

A bit more on John Tamihere in the Herald this morning:

Trust funds moved day of Tamihere house deal

4:15 AM Thursday Apr 3, 2014

Papers show $500,000 from Waipareira went in and out of account as deal settled.

John Tamihere

An urban Maori authority that gets most of its funding from the public purse paid $500,000 into and out of a lawyer's trust account controlled by chief executive John Tamihere on the day he settled the purchase of the family's $1.3 million Auckland home, according to documents obtained by the Herald.
The document recording the April 2008 transaction using money from the Waipareira Trust is headed Residential Land Purchase and gives the address for the family property.
It shows a "Te Whanu [sic] O Waipareira Trust advance" for $500,000 was paid into the "Tamihere Childrens Trust" held with Corban Revell lawyers on April 18, 2008. The money was paid out again the same day into an unknown BNZ account. That day was recorded as the settlement date for the house sale although the title did not change hands until May 7, 2008.
Mr Tamihere did not reply to messages about the payment and whether it was declared. Trust spokesman Joe Lose said emailed questions could not be answered "on legal advice".

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I hope the Herald keep digging into this. It's public money they're following.