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Under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 the government confiscated 1.2 million acres (486,000 hectares) of Maori land in late 1864. Kemp in The Horowhenua was forced to give and sell land to the Government agents who wanted legal fees, cheap grazing and survey costs which were unknown at the time. Maori lost a great deal of its lands and as time spread so did the laws of the land whereby Courts and Government policy allowed outsiders to buy Maori shares thus alienating lands to further allowing lands to become landlocked & allowing buyers to purchase even more shares off Maori. Deals were done in the Grand Hotel over beer, cars in the 50s for land swaps. It was a free for all yet no protection was given to those Maori owners who had now undivided shares in land blocks.

Pākehā settlers would occupy the confiscated land while successive governments would bring in new laws like the Public Works Acts to confiscate even more lands. The Government in 2012-2013 will not negotiate with the direct descendents hence urban authorities with indirect links to our direct descendent lines are now taking place yet this is an injustice to Maoridom. Letters to Ministers as of March 2nd 2013 have gone unanswered with even our Maori MP's turning a blind eye to date??? the Lake is overseed by a Govt & Maori Land Court appointed Domain Board who do not liase with the owners period
 

The lakebed, dewatered zone, islands and the Hokio Stream are owned by beneficial members of the Muaupoko tribe 1511 of them constitute in 81 shares, as determined by the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act (ROLD) 1956. The lake waters Muaupoko Domain, dewatered zone and one chain reserve strip in front of the Muaupoko Domain are vested under the Reserves Act 1977 in the Horowhenua Lake Domain Board. To date they have achieved nothing and even today sewerage is released into the Horowhenua Lake by the Council when it is overloaded? The Horowhenua Lake has sediments on the bottom so pronounced with toxins that the Council and Horizons have neglected in their responsibilities over many years to clean it up as its in the hard basket. Algael blooms form which are caused by super dangerous cyanobacteria and are everywhere and weeds choke the Lake-- you cannot swim in this Lake let alone walk in it as one of our Kaumatua nearly drowned near the Weir by the outlet to Hokio Stream due to the sludge that has piled up in this Lake. Horowhenua Lake was once a prestine Lake and needs to be brought back to its former beauty to benefit all not just us Maori owners.

It is time the LAKE DOMAIN BOARD HAD A REVAMP but not disbanded as to have owners take over like many Trusts will be a numbers game of who gets on & yet another defunct Board. However as at March 2013 DOC may have to pull out as the Chairman and it could revert to the District Council. Thats why we have defunct Trusts with inexperienced Trust members who do not know Trust protocol & responsibilities. To date individuals go about talking on Trust's behalf yet do not have full backing of their trusts nor minutes. Business brains and those with the right qualifications are left out in the dark or not voted in on Trusts. The Domain Board could progress if it had backing from the Iwi Representatives--it gets nowhere as these members are useless?

THE IWI REPRESENTATIVES NEVER COME BACK TO US OWNERS--HAVE NEVER TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO HOLD A MEETING OF OWNERS--- NEVER PROVODED UPDATES TO THE PUBLIC--- NEVER LOOKED AT THE LAKE AS RECREATION FOR OUR BOAT CLUB, SEA SCOUTS, KENNEL CLUB---- NOR FOR THE CHILDREN--- NEVER ASKED FOR ADVICE FROM THOSE WHO KNOW THE LAKE--JUST THERE FOR THEIR POCKETS.

The NZ Government & even the Maori MPs are not even adhering to the Treaty of Waitangi 1840:

ARTICLE 2--The Maori Version in part: "The Queen of England agrees and consents to give the Chiefs, Hapu's amd all the people of NZ the full chieftainship [ rangatiratanga ] of their lands, their villages and all their possessions [ taonga: everything that is held precious].

ARTICLE 2--The English Version in part: " Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms & guarantees to the Chiefs & Tribes of NZ and to their respective families and individuals thereof, the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of the Lands & Estates, Forests, Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as their wish and desire to maintaim the same in their possession".

UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES-12TH SEPTEMBER 2007

Refer Article 11, 24, 26, 29 on the rights of indigenous people yet the NZ Government will not allow us owners determine our own rights or as the with this Domain Board are dictating to us behind closed what they can do--not us--with our land.

LAKE HOROWHENUA SHOWING ORIGINAL OWNERSHIP LIST

TAKEN FROM MINUTES: MEETING OF THE HOROWHENUA LAKE DOMAIN BOARD HELD IN THE
HOROWHENUA DISTRICT COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 126-148 OXFORD STREET, LEVIN, ON
MONDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2013, COMMENCING AT 11.00 AM
[ Read Lake Domain Board minutes ]

 

Lake Horowhenua March 2013

DOMAIN BOARD MEETING MONDAY 10TH JUNE 10AM 2013:

The Domain Board meetings at the council are held every 2 months so again one can ask for speaking rights to talk for 5 minutes. You will note reading previous meeting that the Maori reps have virtually no input in removing the sludge and more interested in their own personal agendas. You can also see the draft plan then ask yourself why these Iwi reps do not action plan the draft & secretly hold meetings. They never inform the owners of nothing. But for all you overseas owners here is the link [ Domain Board Agenda & Minutes ]

 

NOW READ THIS: It has been over 45 years that Horowhenua Lake has had sediment, sewerage and contaminants from dairy & horticulture in this Lake yet Domain Board member Proctor says --- need to get scientific research when already we had an analysis by independent Niwa Fresh water Scientist Max Gibbs in Feb 2012 & other experts like Barry Gilliland & John Royguard who said if a kid drank the water they would probably die under certain conditions ---like now with summer weather March 2013? Due to what Mr Gibbs did nothing has been achieved since with the Domain Board & the Maori members of this Board still do not have input of their own????

The Lake is choked with weed, sediment and manures from horticulture and dairy farm run offs account for 60% of the water runoff and this Lake is No 107 of a total 114 most contaminated Lakes in NZ by the Ministry of the Environment. Once rich in food sources from mussels to kakahi it has now been reduced to a contaminated mess. Although Gibbs carried out an analysis he did not seek the advice of those elders who know this Lake & have them accompany him--thus he lost valuable information.

IWI REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LAKE DOMAIN BOARD

So with Iwi Representatives they tend to be outnumbered on the Lake Domain Board members

BUT READ MORE WHY HOROWHENUA CITIZENS HAVE A LAKE

THATS HINDERED BY VANDALIZM & WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED: soon

 

Now why doesn't the Domain Board take on board what the following said for us Maori owners namely Sarah Williams report.

Lake Environmental Report

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or the report from Horizons: Horizons Regional Council confirmed in 2008 Lake Horowhenua was contaminated by Levin's waste water treatment plant during winter flooding. Compliance manager Alison Russell [ Fill report from Fairfax media with the Levin Mayor saying nothing:

Lake Horowhenua contamination from sewage plant confirmed
Last updated 12:50 03/10/2008
Horizons Regional Council confirmed in 2008 Lake Horowhenua was contaminated by Levin's waste water treatment plant during winter flooding. The results were not unexpected, compliance manager Alison Russell said. Earthworks were done around the swollen ponds to reduce contaminants entering surrounding groundwater, surface water and the lake. However, nitrogen, which is highly soluble in water, can leach easily through soil, Ms Russell said. "There was a zone of nitrogen leaching apparent in lake waters in the vicinity of the Levin STP [sewage treatment plant]." The effect was difficult to quantify because Lake Horowhenua constantly had extremely high nitrogen concentrations, Ms Russell said. The lake already suffered from eutrophication, as serious environmental concern throughout the country. "Consequently, any increase in nitrogen leaching into the lake waters has the potential to increase the risk, duration and frequency of toxic algal blooms and other eutrophication effects in lake Horowhenua," Ms Russell said. Samples taken from the lake near the plant on September 4 showed high levels of E coli, which confirms faecal contamination occurred. But the lake would have still been within safe swimming guidelines and Horizons' Proposed One Plan, an environment proposal covering air, water and land objectives, policies and rules, Ms Russell said. Total nitrogen exceeded the Proposed One Plan standard for the lake and soluble inorganic nitrogen was elevated. Both nutrients were significantly higher at incident sites compared with reference sites away from the plant. Incident samples were compared with water quality data from different sites, which are tested monthly for state of the environment purposes. Horowhenua Mayor Brendan Duffy would not comment on the results as he had not seen them??????. - © Fairfax NZ News

Blame can not be put on Mayor Duffy as without the likes of Horizons etc Lindsay Burnell, Nathan Guy & Malcom Guy, DOC these are the ones who must share repsonsibility and they have had many years to support the Council and done nothing plus they have the resources to help our Council. The Maori Party was not interested at this time?

http://www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/sad-time-lake-horowhenua

The Lake Horowhenua Restoration Group also have an excellent webite well worth reading:

http://nua.net.nz/

[ Sewerage back into the Lake August 2014 ]  [ Check Domain Bylaw changes March 2015 ]

[ ROLD submission ] [ LAKE DOMAIN BOARD INACTION ] [ More Horowhenua Lake ] [ Fairfax Report:22/3/2013 Lake ]
Major Kemp and Tanguru Chiefs of Muaupoko Tribe NZ
 

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