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The Government has announced changes to the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill, including 19 new marine protection areas, while allowing limited ring-net fishing to continue for some fishers.
The new areas would almost triple the number of spaces protected, but the Government has come under fire for still allowing ring-net fishing.
Opposition parties and conservation groups have pushed back, saying allowing ring-net fishing would undermine a decade of work.
Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka joins Tim Beveridge to discuss further.
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Those participating in the Treaty Principles Bill hikoi have reached Palmerston North today, just days away from Parliament.
On Thursday, Te Pati Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped a copy of the legislation in hald at the Bill's first reading and launched into a haka, soon joined by more...
Published 11/17/24
The hikoi against the Treaty Principles Bill has reached Palmerston North today, putting pressure on the Government to throw out the Bill.
Despite this, the Bill passed its first reading on Thursday which was followed by a dramatic haka by some Maori Party MPs in protest.
Labour Party's...
Published 11/17/24