Jones opens $16.5m Maori-owned seafood processing plant while Reti presses on with Iwi Maori Partnership boards
Porirua, a thriving fishing port. Who knew?
Well, maybe not a thriving fishing port – but Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones today advised that a new seafood processing factory in Porirua north of Wellington will bring export revenue, jobs and opportunities for the community.
The Wellington Kaimoana Hub, a joint venture between Māori-owned seafood companies Moana New Zealand and Port Nicholson Fisheries, was formally opened by Mr Jones today.
The 4500m² Wellington Kaimoana Hub is a purpose-built facility and includes a multi-use seafood processing factory to meet the growing demand for New Zealand seafood, the statement said.
There was not one dollar sign in what Jones disclosed, nor any indication the government had contributed to the funding.
But our online search found a foodticker report headed Ribbon cutting at Moana’s $16.5m Wellington Kaimoana Hub.
Information on the Moana New Zealand website explained that, in 2022, with aging infrastructure and expiring leases, the company reviewed review the operations of its Wellington sites. Port Nicholson Fisheries wase also needing to relocate “so it made sense to investigate moving to a single site”.
The outcome of the review was the decision to establish a Kaimoana Hub at the Porirua Todd Park site – “this hub will unite our Wellington operations into one cohesive site”.
Shane Jones’ press statement is among the latest ministerial statements posted on the government’s official report.
Fair to say, much more media attention is likely to focus on Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ statement that the Government has unveiled its second Emissions Reduction Plan. This is intended to outline a path “to keep New Zealand on track to meet its climate change targets while supporting the economy to thrive”.
The plan has targeted actions in the sectors of our economy that produce the greatest emissions: agriculture, transport, energy, and waste. It also includes other areas that will be critical to meeting our climate targets such as the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and sustainable finance.
There are eight key policies that will have the greatest potential emissions savings over the next five years:
The 4500m² Wellington Kaimoana Hub is a purpose-built facility and includes a multi-use seafood processing factory to meet the growing demand for New Zealand seafood, the statement said.
There was not one dollar sign in what Jones disclosed, nor any indication the government had contributed to the funding.
But our online search found a foodticker report headed Ribbon cutting at Moana’s $16.5m Wellington Kaimoana Hub.
Information on the Moana New Zealand website explained that, in 2022, with aging infrastructure and expiring leases, the company reviewed review the operations of its Wellington sites. Port Nicholson Fisheries wase also needing to relocate “so it made sense to investigate moving to a single site”.
The outcome of the review was the decision to establish a Kaimoana Hub at the Porirua Todd Park site – “this hub will unite our Wellington operations into one cohesive site”.
Shane Jones’ press statement is among the latest ministerial statements posted on the government’s official report.
Fair to say, much more media attention is likely to focus on Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ statement that the Government has unveiled its second Emissions Reduction Plan. This is intended to outline a path “to keep New Zealand on track to meet its climate change targets while supporting the economy to thrive”.
The plan has targeted actions in the sectors of our economy that produce the greatest emissions: agriculture, transport, energy, and waste. It also includes other areas that will be critical to meeting our climate targets such as the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and sustainable finance.
There are eight key policies that will have the greatest potential emissions savings over the next five years:
- Enabling more renewable energy projects through Electrify NZ
- Recognising carbon capture, utilisation and storage in the NZ ETS
- Targeting a network of 10,000 EV charging points by 2030
- Introducing agricultural emissions pricing by 2030 and incentivising the uptake of new technologies
- Exploring private-sector partnerships to plant trees on low-conservation Crown-owned land
- Introducing a regulated product stewardship scheme for refrigerants from 2025
- Leveraging the Waste Minimisation Fund to enable resource recovery systems and infrastructure to process organic waste
- Improving organic waste management and landfill gas capture to increase landfill gas recovery rates.
Current emissions projections indicate we are on track to meet the first emissions budget, even with the changes in policy.
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti can expect the media to focus, too, on his announcement about Iwi Māori Partnership Boards and their role in fulfilling the Government’s commitment to the health of Māori communities.
Reti said he has now received 15 IMPB community health plans.
“Development of the plans not only underscores the professionalism of the IMPBs in delivering them, but the content will also align and inform around key Government health targets, and in ensuring a Māori voice is heard in health.
“These are localised rather than bureaucratised plans, providing crucial insights into health priorities for actual populations. From here, they will also ensure local voices are heard and integrated into our broader health strategy.”
The Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora, Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora and Iwi Māori Partnership Boards will finalise the plans, support the relevant IMPBs, and begin implementation over the next three to five years.
Oh – and Reti said:
“This year’s 2024/25 budget increase of an additional $40 million per annum through Health NZ will contribute to addressing hauora Māori provider inflation pressures and continued service provision to Māori communities.”
But that’s unlikely to mollify the many critics of the government’s decision to disestablish the Maori Health Board and to emphasis need rather than race in its policy priorities.
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4 comments:
"Jones opens $16.5m Maori-owned seafood processing plant while Reti presses on with Iwi Maori Partnership boards".
The corporate apartheid agenda picking up steam.
So, we have had a government for over a year now that was elected to represent all NZ citizens without prejudice or favouritism. It doesn’t sound as though they’re succeeding. Perhaps a separated society is inevitable now?
"unlikely to mollify the many critics of the government’s decision to disestablish the Maori Health Board and to emphasis need rather than race in its policy priorities" - what a crock of ****. So, they make a show of disestablishing the MHB and suddenly with a bit of sleight of hand we end up with another kind of dedicated partnerships with Maori/iwi. Now of course I must be completely stupid to have believed that National had: a) any real intention of: a) tackling animal farm in the health sector and/or b) fixing the divisive/racist environment established by Ardern/Hipkins et al. Fact is I'm not that stupid, could see this coming a mile off, did not give National my vote and am one of the many citizens who are getting might peeved with Luxon and the two faced Key Govt Mk2.
Hear, hear!
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