Post by Brent George on Jul 25, 2024 20:22:28 GMT
'Fireworks ahead': Te Pāti Māori expect pushback over seabed and foreshore change
Stuff - Politics: 25-July-2024
The Government is set to make it harder for Māori to claim customary title to the foreshore and seabed.
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith confirmed plans to amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act at Parliament on Thursday [25-July-2024]. The bill was set to be introduced in September 2024.
Goldsmith said the Government wanted to change that law because the Government disagreed with a Court of Appeal ruling in favour of Te Whakatōhea.
The Government’s decision has raised comparisons with the 2004 Seabed and Foreshore protests. Those came about because the then Labour Government was worried about Māori having success at the Court of Appeal arguing for their right to that land.
Stuff - Politics: 25-July-2024
The Government is set to make it harder for Māori to claim customary title to the foreshore and seabed.
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith confirmed plans to amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act at Parliament on Thursday [25-July-2024]. The bill was set to be introduced in September 2024.
Goldsmith said the Government wanted to change that law because the Government disagreed with a Court of Appeal ruling in favour of Te Whakatōhea.
The Government’s decision has raised comparisons with the 2004 Seabed and Foreshore protests. Those came about because the then Labour Government was worried about Māori having success at the Court of Appeal arguing for their right to that land.