Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 13, 2019 5:19:04 GMT 12
From the NZCPR archives by Michael Coote
TREATY TRAIN ROCKS ON TO RADIO WAVES
The grim object lesson of the 3G spectrum concession being leveraged up into 4G should be looked at closely by those concerned to project what will happen to MOM privatisations when Maori can pull the same kind of acquisitive stunt over water as they have over radio bands.
An extraordinary aspect of the Maori water rights looting in train under a National government in thrall to its Treaty negotiations minister is the way in which prime minister John Key could have what he now notoriously calls a “brain fade” concerning what has happened under his leadership.
Mr Key denies that Maori can own water, but concedes that they can own water rights.
He has conspicuously failed to explain to the New Zealand public, perhaps due to brain fading, that under his government and the close supervision of his Treaty negotiations minister, Treaty claim settlement laws have been bulk-voted through Parliament that have destroyed the ability of the Crown to preserve water rights in public ownership......
See Michael’s full article here www.nzcpr.com/treaty-train-rocks-on-to-radio-waves/
November 24, 2012
TREATY TRAIN ROCKS ON TO RADIO WAVES
The grim object lesson of the 3G spectrum concession being leveraged up into 4G should be looked at closely by those concerned to project what will happen to MOM privatisations when Maori can pull the same kind of acquisitive stunt over water as they have over radio bands.
An extraordinary aspect of the Maori water rights looting in train under a National government in thrall to its Treaty negotiations minister is the way in which prime minister John Key could have what he now notoriously calls a “brain fade” concerning what has happened under his leadership.
Mr Key denies that Maori can own water, but concedes that they can own water rights.
He has conspicuously failed to explain to the New Zealand public, perhaps due to brain fading, that under his government and the close supervision of his Treaty negotiations minister, Treaty claim settlement laws have been bulk-voted through Parliament that have destroyed the ability of the Crown to preserve water rights in public ownership......
See Michael’s full article here www.nzcpr.com/treaty-train-rocks-on-to-radio-waves/
November 24, 2012