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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 8, 2016 17:33:48 GMT 12
MAORI SHUT OUT OF CONSERVATION DISCUSSION The General Manager of the 14-strong Iwi Collective Partnership says indigenous voices are being shut out of a forum that looks set to demand that countries shut off 30 percent of their exclusive economic zones to commercial fishing. Those iwi own 31 percent of the quota around the Kermadecs, which will be extinguished by the proposed ocean sanctuary. Mr Samuels says there will be more such confiscations if the IUCN proposal is adopted. He says Maori fought hard to regain their fishing rights, and it’s disappointing a generation later the crown turns around and takes them away again...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTQ1NjE=/Maori-shut-out-of-conservation-discussion
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