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5th
MAR

Tarawera River Accord with Iwi

Posted by karere under Maori News

Bay of Plenty iwi have all but ended their decades-long argument with the paper mill that turned their river into the Black Drain.

  • Ngati Awa, Ngati Rangitihi and Ngati Tuwharetoa have had a shaky relationship with the owners of the Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill in Kawerau, which has been discharging effluent into the Tarawera River.

    • But yesterday, they aimed to turn over a new leaf, signing a memorandum of understanding with Carter Holt Harvey and Norske Skog to make a commitment to clean up the river together.

  • Ngati Rangitihi spokesman Henry Pryor said the tribes and the owners were the closest they had ever been in the 58 years the mill had been in operation, and expected real changes as the result of joint environmental projects.

    • He said it was important that the community, including iwi, supported the mill because it created hundreds of jobs for people in the Matata and Kawerau regions.

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