Two brigades on Eyre Peninsula and the Echunga Brigade in the Adelaide Hills have previously said they will not respond to fires on government land in protest over increases in the Emergency Services Levy. Interview with Keilira CFS volunteer Phil
Haisla to get Crown land
The Haisla are to get 120 hectares of Crown land from the provincial government to connect two pieces of existing reserve land. The land lies between Kitamaat Village and Walth reserve on the Douglas Channel and the announcement was made today
Under the Treaty of Waitangi, iwi group Nga Mana Whenua o Tamaki Makaurau had to be offered the first opportunity to develop vacant or underutilised Crown land in Auckland, and would be able to select an approved developer should it decide to