Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 15, 2024 8:41:24 GMT 12
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1. For 170 years the foreshore and seabed was owned by the Crown under British Common Law because of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. In 2011 the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act was created to allow small amounts to be transferred to Maori Customary Title.
2. Under the Act, no more than around 10% was meant to transfer to Maori Customary Title.
3. Maori can't sell the seabed and foreshore but they can declare the area sacred (Waahi Tapu) so no-one else can access it.
4. The entire New Zealand seabed and foreshore is being claimed by Maori which was not the intent of the legislation.
5. If Maori get Customary Title they can restrict access under Waahi Tapu, request payment for access, sell the minerals in the foreshore and seabed like iron sand and they can charge commercial operators such as a surf school.