Ngā Kōrero o te Wā / What's Happening
Tue 7 Sep 2010: Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngāti Kauwhata Inc.14th HUI-A-TAU, Sunday 12th September 2010, 10.00 a.m.
To be held at:
Aorangi Marae – Waugh’s Road
Feilding
Tue 7 Sep 2010: TE TAIAO RAUKAWA TRUST
3rd Hui -ā-Tau, AGM
To be held on Thursday 16th September 2010, at Te Rūnanga o Raukawa office, Tasman Road, ŌTAKI starting at 6.pm.
Wed 1 Sep 2010: Federated Farmers spit the dummy over emotional wording?
Federated Farmers has refused to sign an accord to clean up the polluted Manawatū River. Tararua Federated Farmers president John Barrow said his members were not happy with statements in the regional leaders' accord which farmers viewed as "emotional and unscientific" on the state of the river.
Pānui mai »Wed 25 Aug 2010: Te Hono-ki-Raukawa Hui-ā- Iwi
Kia Hiwa Rā! Kia Hiwa Rā! For Ngāti Raukawa me ōna karanga Hapū, Ngāti Kauwhata me ngā Iwi o Te Reu Reu. A cordial inivitation is extended to all whānau and Hapū members of the above Iwi and Hapū.
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Date: Sunday 29th August 2010
- Venue: Poupatatē Marae - Tokorangi
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Time: 10.00am - 2pm
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Purpose:
- Latest update of Treaty Claims business; and
- Followed by the 1st of Treaty Workshops - "Te Pene Raupatu". To be conducted by Sir Taihakurei (Eddie) Durie.
Tue 24 Aug 2010: eds Media Release: Government moves to fast-track finfish farming of concern
"The cabinet decisions on aquaculture raise serious concerns about pollution of our coastal waters," said EDS Senior Policy Analyst Raewyn Peart. Cabinet has endorsed proposals by Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley, to unilaterally change the Tasman and Waikato regional coastal plans. The plans currently restrict aquaculture to shellfish species and legislation is proposed to remove this restriction.
Pānui mai »Tue 17 Aug 2010: New Zealand has a record 2788 threatened species
New Zealand has achieved yet another world record, but unsurprisingly this one wasn't trumpeted like our sport achievements. The shameful news is that New Zealand is now right up there (or down there) with world leaders in biodiversity loss. Massey scientist Mark Seabrook-Davison recently pointed out that New Zealand has a record 2788 threatened species (and another 3000 without enough data to classify but most of these would join the list if the data were available), making us world leaders in biodiversity decline.
Pānui mai »Thu 5 Aug 2010: Integrated Freshwater Solutions Project (IFS)
This brand new research project is focused on the Manawatū River and its catchment area. The timing of the project has followed public outcry and media attention, a statement issued in Nov 2009 said that tests on 370 rivers worldwide showed that the Manawatū River was, "one of the worst polluted rivers in the Western World”. Scientists and representatives from three (3) neighbouring Iwi whose whānau, Hapū and Marae have close connections and linkage to the Manawatū River met and decided to support a bid to the Foundation for Research , Science and Technology –FRST.
Mon 2 Aug 2010: He Pānui! “Te Haerenga o Ngāti Maniapoto me Ngāti Matakore kei raro”
Date: Sat – Sun 7th and 8th August-2010; Venue: Te Hiiri o Māhuta Marae – Kākāriki; Time: Whakaeke – 11am on Sat 7th
“Come and share in the journey and stories of how our Tupuna travelled southwards in late 1700’s to the RANGITIKEI and MANAWATŪ rohe and why??”. Nā reirā, e te Whānau! Nau Mai! Haere Mai!
Fri 23 Jul 2010: Consultation on update to Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes (SEIP) and Liquid Fossil Fuel (LFF) regulations
Consultation is open from 20 July to 6 August 2010 on proposed changes to the:
- Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009, and
- Climate Change (Liquid Fossil Fuels) Regulations 2008.
For a copy of the of the proposed changes go to http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/consultation/seip-and-lff-update/
For further information or assistance, email: ETSRegulations@mfe.govt.nz or call 0800 Climate (0800 254628)
Pānui mai »Fri 23 Jul 2010: Environmental Indicators Quarterly Issue 7
Environmental Indicators Quarterly is an electronic newsletter from the Ministry for the Environment that links you to information on what's happening in the realm of environmental reporting.
The Winter 2010 issue is now available online at http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/environmental-indicators/index.html.
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