Post by Rocco on Jan 21, 2016 11:01:41 GMT 12
A colleague tells me there are about 40 Marine and Coastal Area claims by tribes around New Zealand in the pipeline at the moment. Apparently the Crown has refused to negotiate directly on eleven of them. But these claims can still be addressed through the High Court process.
Another two claims in the Bay of Plenty have appeared in the last year, showing that there are still claims that can emerge.
If granted, Customary Marine Title still allows the tribal group being able to declare the whole area a wahi tapu, where only members of the tribal group can go, and exclude anyone else from these formerly public fishing grounds with fines of up to $5,000 for each trespass by any non-members of the tribal group, people to be claiming to be part-Maori, but not of the tribal group and non-Maori.
Another two claims in the Bay of Plenty have appeared in the last year, showing that there are still claims that can emerge.
If granted, Customary Marine Title still allows the tribal group being able to declare the whole area a wahi tapu, where only members of the tribal group can go, and exclude anyone else from these formerly public fishing grounds with fines of up to $5,000 for each trespass by any non-members of the tribal group, people to be claiming to be part-Maori, but not of the tribal group and non-Maori.