A Northand iwi, Ngati Hau and a group of locals are lobbying the Northland Regional Council to act now and stop what they say is mercury leaking into waterways from an old mine; the principal of a East Cape kura says the decision it must close next year was already rubberstamped and the consultation process leading up it was a farce; the chair of the Medical Council says with a significant number of Maori medical students due to graduate in about 4 to 5 years time it's important that they all get collegial support.
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