May 20, 2020
Tribe hostile to Waikato water grab
Waikato Tainui wants Auckland to stop plundering its awa.
Te Arataura chair Rukumoana Schaafhausen says the Waikato River is already under stress from over allocation.
It shouldn’t be seen as the solution to Auckland’s latest water crisis.
Watercare has applied for resource consent to increase its take from the river.
Ms Schaafhausen says tribal leaders will outline their concerns to the company this week.
She says Auckland’s water problems were not new and required an environmentally sustainable, long-term solution.
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