Ngāi Tahu vs the Crown: Our Freshwater Crisis
Understand an important but under-reported court case that has big implications for the management of our local freshwater.
David Williams (Senior Journalist and Environment Editor, Newsroom) leads an in-person conversation on a significant court case going on in the High Court in the middle of downtown Ōtautahi Christchurch. Ngāi Tahu say they have had to take the Crown to court to provoke a discussion on better managing wai māori (freshwater) in its takiwā (territory).
As one of the country's few senior environment reports, Williams has closely followed and become one of the nation's experts on this little-understood multi-million-dollar case. What is this case all about? What are both sides arguing? Why is the Crown fighting it with a multi-million-dollar legal war chest? And what are some potential implications of this ground-breaking case?
This seminar is part of a series of monthly Spirited Conversations hosted by Durham Street Methodists, as part of our commitment to bringing critical thinking, and ethical and spiritual insights to important issues of the day for our city and its diverse people.
David Williams (Senior Journalist and Environment Editor, Newsroom) leads an in-person conversation on a significant court case going on in the High Court in the middle of downtown Ōtautahi Christchurch. Ngāi Tahu say they have had to take the Crown to court to provoke a discussion on better managing wai māori (freshwater) in its takiwā (territory).
As one of the country's few senior environment reports, Williams has closely followed and become one of the nation's experts on this little-understood multi-million-dollar case. What is this case all about? What are both sides arguing? Why is the Crown fighting it with a multi-million-dollar legal war chest? And what are some potential implications of this ground-breaking case?
This seminar is part of a series of monthly Spirited Conversations hosted by Durham Street Methodists, as part of our commitment to bringing critical thinking, and ethical and spiritual insights to important issues of the day for our city and its diverse people.
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