The Government has expanded its Just Transition Support for Communities Facing Transitions to $13.9m over the next four years. In the lead up to the Budget 2021 announcement associate finance minister Megan Woods said the budget will include money to help prepare Southland for life after the… Read more
Posted: 20 May 2021
Tā Tipene O'Regan met with Sir Jim Bolger, Hon Megan Woods and Contact Energy CEO Mike Fuge, among others, at Parliament Buildings on 18 May 2021 to attend a green energy presentation. Tā Tipene is looking at green energy and green hydrogen as a renewable opportunity that will sit at the heart of… Read more
Posted: 19 May 2021
Mr Ivan Vella, the new CEO of Rio Tinto Aluminium has visited and been welcomed onto Te Rau Aroha Marae today to discuss the proposed closure of the Aluminium Smelter and how the company wish to work with Murihiku whānui to deal with remediation issues as a part of their closure process. Ivan Vella… Read more
Posted: 3 May 2021
A visit to the Mataura Paper Mill by Terry Nicholas (Hokonui Rūnanga Representative/Office of Upoko) and Shaun Lewis (Director of Waste and Resource Efficiency, Ministry for the Environment) on Friday 16 April, confirmed good progress being made to remove 8000 tonnes of aluminium ouvea premix/dross… Read more
Posted: 16 April 2021
The Office of Upoko is calling a science, research and innovation wananga. It is expected the wananga will be held by in June or July 2021, with dates to be confirmed. The Science and Innovation Wananga will bring together Murihiku Rūnanga scientists, PhD students and researchers to look at… Read more
Posted: 27 April 2021