Where there’s wood there’s smoke offsets
December 21
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Jim Anderton says Ngati Porou is setting itself up a player in the global carbon market.
Ngati Porou own forest company Iwi Rakau and London based Sustainable Forestry Management Group have a joint venture to plant 30,000 hectares of new forests on the East Coast.
This could give the venture up to 75 million tonnes of carbon dioxide credits which it could trade on the global market.
Mr Anderton says it's looking ahead.
“Of around $22 billion of carbon trading going on, Ngati Porou will be able to get their share of the trading that goes on, and how that works is that some companies and or countries will want to offset their carbon emissions with areas that absorb carbon, and Ngati Porou will have one that stores 75 million tones of carbon dioxide,” Mr Anderton says.
PM SATISFIED WITH CLAIM PROGRESS
The Prime Minister says the Waitangi settlement process has developed traction and that settlements which 5 or ten years ago would have been controversial, are now being accepted as the right thing to do.
She says the deals struck over the Te Arawa Lakes, Mt Maunganui, and the volcanic cones of Auckland haven't resulted in the community being alienated from the areas as some people predicted.
“Have you heard a squeak out of Auckland? No, because people know it’s a fair deal, title has gone back, it’s a co-management with the council over the reserve status. Everyone gains from it. Maori get pride from knowing that they’re the owners. If they work with the city, it’s open to the people. I just think the climate has changed, and people know there were wrongs, they’ve got to get righted, we’ve got to get on with it,” Ms Clark says.
The Waitangi Tribunal will consider urgent claims in the new year on whether the Auckland and Rotorua land settlements have properly taking into account the concerns of overlapping claimants.
MAORI POTENTIAL YEAR END HIGHLIGHT
Te Puni Kokiri chief executive Leith Comer is getting approval for his Ministry's new Maori potential framework was the highlight of his year.
The framework replaces the earlier capacity building policy and gives the Maori Development ministry more flxibility about where it spends its $150 million budget.
The ministry has come under fire from National's new Maori Affairs spokespeople, Georgina Te Heuheu and Tau Henare, but Mr Comer says he's pleased the pair are keeping a close watch on his activites.
He says the focus for the next year should be on the positives rather than the negatives in Maori society.
“There is huge potential in Maori, whether it’s in Maori economic assets, or cultural or social or people assets. Our approach now is to realise that potential through investing in it. We’re looking for opportunities to work with Maori to make deliberate investments into areas which will deliver potential,” Mr Comer says.
The Ministry is currently looking for a new policy head after the sudden resignation of long-term Maori Affairs official Hekia Parata.
FOREST CARBON TAX NO THREAT SAYS GREEN
Green Maori Affairs spokesperson Metiria Turei says carbon sink forests offer Maori the chance to be environment world leaders.
Federation of Maori Authorities deputy Chair Paul Morgan has attacked a proposed tax on land taken out of forestry which he says could lock Maori into using their land for a single purpose.
Ms Turei says rather than being threatened by the governments plans, Maori should look at it as an opportunity.
“Maori could be world leaders in the way that we use our assets to protect ourselves from climate change and to reduce our emissions, and we’ve got a real opportunity to take control of what is going to be an economic boom in renewable and ecologically sound industry and investment,” Ms Turei says.
She's heartened by Ngati Porou joint venture to plant 30,000 hectares of forest on the East Coast.
INDIGENOUS DECLARATION THREAT TO ORDER
Ngati Awa leader Hirini Moko Mead says the government is opposing a United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous people, because it fears it may lead to Maori autonomy.
Professor Mead says the government has little to fear and it should learn from places like Quebec and some Australian states where governments learn to work with autonomous groups.
“That seems to be the fear, that we might break away, that the declaration might give us far too much rangatiratanga. It is possible to govern ourselves as a state within a state as in the United States, Canada and Australia, they all follow that model. It’s not impossible. It’s just that our government seems to be fearful,” Professor Mead says.
The draft declaration is expected to come back before the United Nations late next year.
EMPLOYMENT STATS SHOW MAORI BETTER OFF
The Prime Minister says Maori are much better off at the end of this year than last.
Helen Clark says the working for families package, rates rebates, the lowering of doctors fees, and interest free student loans have all contributed to improved prospects for Maori families.
She says she expects to see the Maori unemployment rate continue to decline as it has through this year.
“I think people’s head are really up. People aren’t whakamaa, they’re looking straight ahead. They’ve got the pay coming into their pocket, they’re self-reliant and they can see ahead for themselves and their family. I think work is absolutely fundamental. I often say the best form of social security is a job because it gives people pride. I’m just thrilled to see that rate coming down and down and down,” Ms Clark says
The unemployment rate for Maori as of June 2006 was down to 8.5 per cent.
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Jim Anderton says Ngati Porou is setting itself up a player in the global carbon market.
Ngati Porou own forest company Iwi Rakau and London based Sustainable Forestry Management Group have a joint venture to plant 30,000 hectares of new forests on the East Coast.
This could give the venture up to 75 million tonnes of carbon dioxide credits which it could trade on the global market.
Mr Anderton says it's looking ahead.
“Of around $22 billion of carbon trading going on, Ngati Porou will be able to get their share of the trading that goes on, and how that works is that some companies and or countries will want to offset their carbon emissions with areas that absorb carbon, and Ngati Porou will have one that stores 75 million tones of carbon dioxide,” Mr Anderton says.
PM SATISFIED WITH CLAIM PROGRESS
The Prime Minister says the Waitangi settlement process has developed traction and that settlements which 5 or ten years ago would have been controversial, are now being accepted as the right thing to do.
She says the deals struck over the Te Arawa Lakes, Mt Maunganui, and the volcanic cones of Auckland haven't resulted in the community being alienated from the areas as some people predicted.
“Have you heard a squeak out of Auckland? No, because people know it’s a fair deal, title has gone back, it’s a co-management with the council over the reserve status. Everyone gains from it. Maori get pride from knowing that they’re the owners. If they work with the city, it’s open to the people. I just think the climate has changed, and people know there were wrongs, they’ve got to get righted, we’ve got to get on with it,” Ms Clark says.
The Waitangi Tribunal will consider urgent claims in the new year on whether the Auckland and Rotorua land settlements have properly taking into account the concerns of overlapping claimants.
MAORI POTENTIAL YEAR END HIGHLIGHT
Te Puni Kokiri chief executive Leith Comer is getting approval for his Ministry's new Maori potential framework was the highlight of his year.
The framework replaces the earlier capacity building policy and gives the Maori Development ministry more flxibility about where it spends its $150 million budget.
The ministry has come under fire from National's new Maori Affairs spokespeople, Georgina Te Heuheu and Tau Henare, but Mr Comer says he's pleased the pair are keeping a close watch on his activites.
He says the focus for the next year should be on the positives rather than the negatives in Maori society.
“There is huge potential in Maori, whether it’s in Maori economic assets, or cultural or social or people assets. Our approach now is to realise that potential through investing in it. We’re looking for opportunities to work with Maori to make deliberate investments into areas which will deliver potential,” Mr Comer says.
The Ministry is currently looking for a new policy head after the sudden resignation of long-term Maori Affairs official Hekia Parata.
FOREST CARBON TAX NO THREAT SAYS GREEN
Green Maori Affairs spokesperson Metiria Turei says carbon sink forests offer Maori the chance to be environment world leaders.
Federation of Maori Authorities deputy Chair Paul Morgan has attacked a proposed tax on land taken out of forestry which he says could lock Maori into using their land for a single purpose.
Ms Turei says rather than being threatened by the governments plans, Maori should look at it as an opportunity.
“Maori could be world leaders in the way that we use our assets to protect ourselves from climate change and to reduce our emissions, and we’ve got a real opportunity to take control of what is going to be an economic boom in renewable and ecologically sound industry and investment,” Ms Turei says.
She's heartened by Ngati Porou joint venture to plant 30,000 hectares of forest on the East Coast.
INDIGENOUS DECLARATION THREAT TO ORDER
Ngati Awa leader Hirini Moko Mead says the government is opposing a United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous people, because it fears it may lead to Maori autonomy.
Professor Mead says the government has little to fear and it should learn from places like Quebec and some Australian states where governments learn to work with autonomous groups.
“That seems to be the fear, that we might break away, that the declaration might give us far too much rangatiratanga. It is possible to govern ourselves as a state within a state as in the United States, Canada and Australia, they all follow that model. It’s not impossible. It’s just that our government seems to be fearful,” Professor Mead says.
The draft declaration is expected to come back before the United Nations late next year.
EMPLOYMENT STATS SHOW MAORI BETTER OFF
The Prime Minister says Maori are much better off at the end of this year than last.
Helen Clark says the working for families package, rates rebates, the lowering of doctors fees, and interest free student loans have all contributed to improved prospects for Maori families.
She says she expects to see the Maori unemployment rate continue to decline as it has through this year.
“I think people’s head are really up. People aren’t whakamaa, they’re looking straight ahead. They’ve got the pay coming into their pocket, they’re self-reliant and they can see ahead for themselves and their family. I think work is absolutely fundamental. I often say the best form of social security is a job because it gives people pride. I’m just thrilled to see that rate coming down and down and down,” Ms Clark says
The unemployment rate for Maori as of June 2006 was down to 8.5 per cent.
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