August 10, 2015
Big things expected from iwi and local government
Rotorua councillor Merepeka Raukawa Tait is expecting great things to come from the signing of an MOU between Local Government New Zealand and Iwi leaders last week.
Merepeka Raukawa Tait who heads Rotorua Lakes Council's policy committee says the memorandum of understanding signed by the Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group on behalf of the Iwi Leaders Forum is the first to be signed with a non-government organisation and the signing which she attended at Hopuhopu was quite momentous.
She says the Iwi Leaders Group are significant as the ones settling claims over water.
Merepeka Raukawa Tait says she does not know what stance is being taken with the New Zealand Maori Council but this should not take away from the significance of the agreement with iwi leaders.
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