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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 4, 2016 18:44:46 GMT 12
TE OHU ADS STEP UP FIGHT ON SANCTUARYThe Maori Fisheries Commission is upping the ante in its fight against the Government's marine sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands. Te Ohu Kaimoana today kicks off a public campaign, taking out full-page advertisements in the Herald and the Waikato Times which attack the Government for "confiscating the rights of Maori" to fish in the region. The ad features the Jim Bolger-led National Government signing the "Sealord Deal" in 1992. "It demonstrates a real gulf between the leadership demonstrated by the Bolger-led Government and the current one," Tuuta said. The Government says Te Ohu is not entitled to compensation because it has not used its fishing quota in the region. It also said it consulted with relevant iwi about the sanctuary..... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11686839MĀORI KERMADEC RIGHTS MAY BE CUT The Fisheries Commission says the government's move to establish a massive ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands is more contentious than the Foreshore and Seabed legislation. The Fisheries Commission and iwi leaders met in Hopuhopu today to further discuss legal action against the government's move. If the proposed ocean sanctuary around the Kermadecs goes ahead, the Fisheries Commission says the Government would be stripping existing rights Māori already have. Te Ohu Kaimoana CEO Dion Tuuta said, “What the government's proposing here in many ways is worse than what they did with the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act."... www.maoritelevision.com/news/latest-news/maori-kermadec-rights-may-be-cut
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