Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 10, 2018 18:16:37 GMT 12
FORESHORE DEAL HEADS TO HOUSE
More than a decade after it first agreed to a settlement, legislation recognising Ngati Porou’s customary title and rights over the foreshore and seabed along the East Coast will finally go before Parliament
Ngati Porou will be the first iwi to secure a settlement over the foreshore and seabed, marking its customary title and giving it some veto rights over the uses of those areas. It will get its first reading today.
Ngati Porou’s settlement will give it customary title over a significant part of the East Coast coastline down to Gisborne, as well as customary rights such as fishing and protection of wahi tapu (sacred areas)......
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More than a decade after it first agreed to a settlement, legislation recognising Ngati Porou’s customary title and rights over the foreshore and seabed along the East Coast will finally go before Parliament
Ngati Porou will be the first iwi to secure a settlement over the foreshore and seabed, marking its customary title and giving it some veto rights over the uses of those areas. It will get its first reading today.
Ngati Porou’s settlement will give it customary title over a significant part of the East Coast coastline down to Gisborne, as well as customary rights such as fishing and protection of wahi tapu (sacred areas)......
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