Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 5, 2017 17:16:26 GMT 12
HELEN CLARK: NO REGRETS OVER FORESHORE AND SEABED
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has no regrets over her handling of the Foreshore and Seabed controversy.
Her Labour government ushered in legislation in 2004 which gave ownership of that land to the Crown and stripped the rights of Māori to seek customary title through the courts.
In an interview for RNZ's The 9th Floor, Miss Clark stood by her actions.
She said the right for New Zealanders to be able to walk along the coast was "pretty precious, without somebody saying - get off my land!"
That access would have been threatened, she said, if not for the Foreshore and Seabed Act.
"There were some areas where settlements had returned land where people could no longer go ... Where something is clearly public estate, those issues don't arise."
National later repealed the law as part of a deal with the Māori Party after it came to power in 2009.
It restored the rights of iwi to seek customary rights in court and ruled that no one owned the foreshore and seabed.......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/330148/helen-clark-no-regrets-over-foreshore-and-seabed
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has no regrets over her handling of the Foreshore and Seabed controversy.
Her Labour government ushered in legislation in 2004 which gave ownership of that land to the Crown and stripped the rights of Māori to seek customary title through the courts.
In an interview for RNZ's The 9th Floor, Miss Clark stood by her actions.
She said the right for New Zealanders to be able to walk along the coast was "pretty precious, without somebody saying - get off my land!"
That access would have been threatened, she said, if not for the Foreshore and Seabed Act.
"There were some areas where settlements had returned land where people could no longer go ... Where something is clearly public estate, those issues don't arise."
National later repealed the law as part of a deal with the Māori Party after it came to power in 2009.
It restored the rights of iwi to seek customary rights in court and ruled that no one owned the foreshore and seabed.......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/330148/helen-clark-no-regrets-over-foreshore-and-seabed