Thread: Ngai Tahu pull out

There is another angle to this: Govt. departments and related bodies, as a result of the 1984 Labour Government's decree that all decisions must take into account "the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi" (and it still hasn't been determined what this means!) has been interpreted by some Conservation Boards that iwi "must" be represented. The Southland Board, to it's credit, doesn't believe this: they want the best people on the Board.