Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 7, 2023 5:36:10 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL SAYS NATIONAL’S FORESHORE AND SEABED LAW IS IN BREACH OF THE TREATY
The Waitangi Tribunal wants the Government to re-open claims by Māori for recognition of customary title and rights in the foreshore and seabed.
It also wants the Government to compensate all affected iwi, hapū and whānau for reclaimed land that has been vested in the Crown.
It is part of the tribunal’s findings, released today, that the law passed by the former National government to repeal Labour’s foreshore and seabed act breaches principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Former Treaty Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson led the repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 when he was a minister in John Key’s government, with the support of the Māori Party which was formed in protest against the act.
Its replacement, the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 restored the right of Māori to claim recognition of customary title and use rights in the foreshore and seabed - while protecting public access and navigation.
And it set a deadline of six years for Māori to lodge claims under the act, either to the High Court or to the government for direct negotiation. They were closed off in 2017.
The tribunal says that the replacement act does not provide a fair and reasonable test for customary marine title. And it wants the Government to repeal the deadline.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/waitangi-tribunal-says-nationals-foreshore-and-seabed-law-is-in-breach-of-the-treaty/6CTEVLFJF5AN3IDZGX4ZKQ6Y7Y/
The Waitangi Tribunal wants the Government to re-open claims by Māori for recognition of customary title and rights in the foreshore and seabed.
It also wants the Government to compensate all affected iwi, hapū and whānau for reclaimed land that has been vested in the Crown.
It is part of the tribunal’s findings, released today, that the law passed by the former National government to repeal Labour’s foreshore and seabed act breaches principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Former Treaty Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson led the repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 when he was a minister in John Key’s government, with the support of the Māori Party which was formed in protest against the act.
Its replacement, the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 restored the right of Māori to claim recognition of customary title and use rights in the foreshore and seabed - while protecting public access and navigation.
And it set a deadline of six years for Māori to lodge claims under the act, either to the High Court or to the government for direct negotiation. They were closed off in 2017.
The tribunal says that the replacement act does not provide a fair and reasonable test for customary marine title. And it wants the Government to repeal the deadline.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/waitangi-tribunal-says-nationals-foreshore-and-seabed-law-is-in-breach-of-the-treaty/6CTEVLFJF5AN3IDZGX4ZKQ6Y7Y/