Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 25, 2020 4:36:36 GMT 12
NATIONAL LAUNCHES PETITION TO OVERTURN MOTITI JUDGMENT
National wants the Government to go back to the foreshore and seabed playbook and change the law to overturn a court decision that helped protect Māori rights.
Fisheries spokesperson Ian McKelvie says a Court of Appeal decision upholding the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s rights to create a protected marine area in the waters around Motiti Island meant local councils now have the power to apply fishing bans wherever they see fit.
He says National has launched a petition requesting the Government change the law to ensure this does not happen, leaving control of fisheries in the hands of the Fisheries Ministry......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjM0ODA/Paakiwaha/National-launches-petition-to-overturn-Motiti-judgment
National wants the Government to go back to the foreshore and seabed playbook and change the law to overturn a court decision that helped protect Māori rights.
Fisheries spokesperson Ian McKelvie says a Court of Appeal decision upholding the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s rights to create a protected marine area in the waters around Motiti Island meant local councils now have the power to apply fishing bans wherever they see fit.
He says National has launched a petition requesting the Government change the law to ensure this does not happen, leaving control of fisheries in the hands of the Fisheries Ministry......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjM0ODA/Paakiwaha/National-launches-petition-to-overturn-Motiti-judgment