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October 23, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Kingi Smiler | freshwater rights case to land in the High Court
A landmark Māori freshwater rights case will go before the High Court in Wellington next month.
March 16, 2026
September 17, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Defining Maori proprietary rights in freshwater and geothermal
How do you and your iwi define proprietary rights in freshwater and geothermal resources, and why is it important that […]
July 17, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Government’s Freshwater Rollback Raises Health Concerns
The Government is proposing major changes to national freshwater policy-removing pollution limits and dismantling Te Mana o te Wai, […]
April 30, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Belinda Studholme | Senior Freshwater Biosecurity Advisor
Snr Biosecurity Advisor Freshwater Belinda Studholme to speak with Dale Husband about the clearing of pest eradication project at Lake Tomarata north of Auckland.
February 2, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Nicola Toki | Forest & Bird CE
Political Updates from the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Wellington
December 20, 2023 | News
Te mana o te wai trigger for policy reverse
A kaupapa Māori environmental consultant says the coalition Government is letting bloody-minded discrimination overpower good sense.
December 18, 2023 | News
PM warned on scrapping te mana o te wai policy
Māori iwi, business and environmental leaders including Traci Houpapa, Paul Morgan and Kingi Smiler have joined freshwater experts in writing to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to urge him not to make a “terrible mistake” on clean drinking water and healthy rivers.
December 18, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Dr Mahina-a-rangi Baker | Environmental Planner and Co-Chair of Kāpiti Freshwater Planning Committee
Fifty freshwater experts and leaders from around the country have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Luxon urging him and his new coalition government not to touch the country’s national freshwater policy.
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