Chatham Islands secure $15m election-year grant but miss out on fisheries quota
The Chatham Islands have been granted $15 million as an election approaches, but a minister has declined to hand over $60 million in scampi fisheries quota.
The financially troubled Chatham Islands have received $15 million in government funding ahead of the election. However, Minister Shane Jones has refused to allocate $60 million in scampi fisheries quota to the islanders, limiting their ability to generate long-term revenue from their fishing resources.
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Looming election grants troubled Chatham Islands $15m β and a stay of execution
They say, teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime β but minister Shane Jones has refused to hand over $60m in scampi fisheries quota to the financially straitened islanders