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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 9, 2019 17:08:33 GMT 12
WAIPARA MATAITAI RESERVE APPLICATION, HURUNUI, CANTERBURY Pursuant to Regulation 17 of the Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999, Te Ngāi Tū Ahuriri Rūnanga Inc. have applied for a mātaitai reserve along the coastline at the Waipara River mouth, Hurunui, Canterbury. Proposed Waipara mātaitai reserve A mātaitai reserve is an identified traditional fishing ground and is established for the purpose of customary food gathering..... (Submissions closed 24/6/19) www.hurunui.govt.nz/news-and-views/council-news/fisheries-new-zealand-call-for-submissions/
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 9, 2019 17:09:07 GMT 12
MAORI FISHERY RESERVES (Mataitai) – BUREAUCRATIC RACISM (18/9/2010)Recreational fishing loses out badly with the rush to large mataitai. Recreational fishing operates by way of a common law tradition handed down since time immemorial. Common law gives the public right of access to sea fisheries. The Ministry of Fisheries downplays the effects mataitai applications on recreational fishing rights. Recreational fishers are advised that a mataitai “does not exclude recreational fishing” and “does not require recreational fishers to obtain permits or prevent non-Maori from fishing.” The Ministry’s smooth assurances encourage recreational fishers to support mataitai applications. The opportunity to trump the commercial fishing sector must seem heaven sent. What recreational fishers are not told is that they give up their precious common law rights. All recreational fishing in a mataitai is by way of privilege granted by the Maori owners. The very nature of privileges means they can be revoked at will. The Tangata Tiaki / Kaitiaki can make by-laws that determine the what, how, when, and where of fishing. Recreational can be excluded either by species or through a general closure. Iwi, hapu and whanau are exempt: mataitai by-laws don’t apply to fishing under customary rules. It’s one thing for recreational fishers to give up common law rights over particular shell beds and reefs. However it’s a very different story when it comes to giving up common law rights over thousands of hectares of prime recreational fishing area and tens of kilometers of coastline. Parliament never envisaged this sort of madness. Privileges are no substitute for rights. Only a fool would trade away common law rights to fish recreationally over huge areas of coastal water in return being granted a privilege based on someone else’s preferences..... Read Roger Beattie’s full NZCPR article here > www.nzcpr.com/maori-fishery-reserves/
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