Category: Maui’s dolphin
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The term ahead for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board
I have the privilege of being re elected as chair of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board and Michelle Clayton is the deputy chair. This is an excerpt from my speech to this term’s inaugural local board meeting.
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The new term
The text of my speech for the inaugural meeting of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board. Can I first thank Mana Whenua for starting our meeting and our term in a most appropriate way. Can I thank everyone for attending this the inaugural meeting of the fourth Waitakere Ranges Local Board. I have had the privilege…
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Hey Stuart Nash Maui’s dolphins are approaching extinction
Christine Rose posted in November 2017 her concerns about Minister of Fisheries Stuart Nash wanting to delay the roll out of cameras on fishing boats to monitor what they were catching. She described the background in the following terms: Maui and Hector’s dolphins, found only here in New Zealand, have the dubious status of being…