Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 8, 2016 16:46:20 GMT 12
Kermadec sanctuary to go ahead despite iwi opposition
A marine sanctuary will go ahead in the Kermadec Islands regardless of iwi opposition, Prime Minister John Key says.
Legislation which will establish New Zealand's largest ocean sanctuary 1000km northeast of the North Island will be introduced in Parliament tomorrow.
Mr Key told reporters this afternoon that "everyone is excluded" from the 620,000sq km sanctuary, including Maori whose Treaty settlements granted them fishing quota rights within the proposed boundaries of the reserve.
Iwi had not taken up these rights and the migratory species found at the Kermadecs could be caught elsewhere, he said.
Mr Key said the Government would consider including iwi in the governance of the sanctuary. But compensation for affected Maori was out of the question…..
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A marine sanctuary will go ahead in the Kermadec Islands regardless of iwi opposition, Prime Minister John Key says.
Legislation which will establish New Zealand's largest ocean sanctuary 1000km northeast of the North Island will be introduced in Parliament tomorrow.
Mr Key told reporters this afternoon that "everyone is excluded" from the 620,000sq km sanctuary, including Maori whose Treaty settlements granted them fishing quota rights within the proposed boundaries of the reserve.
Iwi had not taken up these rights and the migratory species found at the Kermadecs could be caught elsewhere, he said.
Mr Key said the Government would consider including iwi in the governance of the sanctuary. But compensation for affected Maori was out of the question…..
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11601559