October 04, 2012
Kāti te hokona atu ō ngā inanga


I te rā tekau ma rima ō te marama ō Mahuru i timata te wahanga hī inanga katahi ka mutu hei te mai ō te marama ō Whiringa-a-Rangi.
Hei tā tātehi kaihī inanga ā Kerry Fleming i whakaae kia tū te hokona atu ō ngā Inanga, engari anō kāore ia i whakaae kia hanga ture mo ngā inanga, he maha ngā ture kāwanatanga ko tōna tino hiahia kia mutu te hokona atu, kia waihō ngā inanga kia tipu kia rea.
Kua mea mai te roopu kaitiaki ō Te Wai Māori kei tānei momo ika te inanga he wariu nui ki te hunga Māori, hei tā rātou hoki ‘ahakoa kāore ānei momo ika e noho ana i te me ki ‘Quota Management System’, ko te take nui kia tū tātou i te hokona atu ō te inanga, me te whakaaro kia tiakina ngā waahi kei reira ngā inanga e ora tonu ana hei painga mo rātou kia kore e ngaro.
Hei tā Michael Urwin te tiamana o te hapu ō Pukerangiora, e hī ika ana i ngā awa ō Taranaki mo ngā tau neke atu i te rima tekau ma rima e kiia nei ‘ Me tū ngā tangata ki te hokona atu te aru moni i ngā inanga’
Hei tāna anō ‘Kia whakaheke iho ra te roa ō ngā arai ō ngā kupenga inanga’.
Kore taea e te inanga te kauhoe ki runga i ngā awa na te roa rawa ō ngā arai, Me whakakore i ngā tūaapapa, me hī inanga mai te taha ō te awa.