Amiria Nepe-Apatu and Te Ata Kura Huata both oppose the dam and acknowledge their kaitiaki responsibility to protect our shared awa.

Louise Phillips: “Nature-based solutions offer far more long-term resilience to climate extremes than engineered ones like dams.”

Napier resident, Ray Holderness, says Ruataniwha dam has already been “examined, debated and rejected for good reason”.