Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 6, 2024 5:33:12 GMT 12
'MĀORI SEABED, FOR SHORE!' - TWO DECADES ON FROM THE LARGEST HĪKOI IN A GENERATION
Twenty years have passed since the historic hīkoi against the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act reached Parliament.
The hīkoi - the largest in a generation - began in Te Hiku-o-te-Ika, the Far North, and by the time it reached Pōneke numbers had grown to at least 15,000.
During the last leg of the journey - from Te Papa to the Beehive - marchers chanted 'Hīkoi ki pāremata,' waving Tino Rangatiratanga flags. One banner read 'Māori Seabed, For Shore!'
Prime Minister Helen Clark and her government were heavily criticised for the legislation. But she did not hold back airing her frustrations with those who opposed it.
"What it is, is the same old faces - the Ken Mairs, the Harawira families, the Annette Sykes - the haters and wreckers," said Helen Clark.
In a speech to the Human Rights Commission Speakers Forum, then Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen also justified the bill.
"The bill provides general rights of public access in, on, over and across the public foreshore and seabed and general rights of navigation.".....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/515999/maori-seabed-for-shore-two-decades-on-from-the-largest-hikoi-in-a-generation
Twenty years have passed since the historic hīkoi against the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act reached Parliament.
The hīkoi - the largest in a generation - began in Te Hiku-o-te-Ika, the Far North, and by the time it reached Pōneke numbers had grown to at least 15,000.
During the last leg of the journey - from Te Papa to the Beehive - marchers chanted 'Hīkoi ki pāremata,' waving Tino Rangatiratanga flags. One banner read 'Māori Seabed, For Shore!'
Prime Minister Helen Clark and her government were heavily criticised for the legislation. But she did not hold back airing her frustrations with those who opposed it.
"What it is, is the same old faces - the Ken Mairs, the Harawira families, the Annette Sykes - the haters and wreckers," said Helen Clark.
In a speech to the Human Rights Commission Speakers Forum, then Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen also justified the bill.
"The bill provides general rights of public access in, on, over and across the public foreshore and seabed and general rights of navigation.".....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/515999/maori-seabed-for-shore-two-decades-on-from-the-largest-hikoi-in-a-generation