Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 5, 2017 18:13:11 GMT 12
HEAVY HITTERS TALK WATER
In the submission, Mr Paul said Maori had never ceded their authority over water and, as a result, their “customary rights are still extant”.
Lawyer Moana Jackson told the panel, led by Chief Judge Wilson Isaac, that he believed the Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi.
He said the proposed reforms to the Resource Management Act were potentially also a breach of the Treaty.
“Te Tiriti does not grant the Crown any authority, neither kawanatanga nor tino rangatanga, over Maori resources and people. Rather … the parties agreed to a relationship: one in which they and Hobson were to be equal – equal while having different roles and different spheres of influence.
“In essence, rangatira retained their authority over their hapu and territories, while Hobson was given authority to control Pakeha.”
Maori activist Titewhai Harawira made her submission as the Tamaki Makaurau District Maori Council chairwoman. She said they did not accept the freshwater management regime was consistent with the Treaty.
“The water belongs to us and we have our own tikanga (laws) to manage it. We would do a lot better job at looking after our [water] than this Crown has done – that’s for sure.”
whakatanebeacon.co.nz/2017/07/heavy-hitters-talk-water/
In the submission, Mr Paul said Maori had never ceded their authority over water and, as a result, their “customary rights are still extant”.
Lawyer Moana Jackson told the panel, led by Chief Judge Wilson Isaac, that he believed the Crown had breached the Treaty of Waitangi.
He said the proposed reforms to the Resource Management Act were potentially also a breach of the Treaty.
“Te Tiriti does not grant the Crown any authority, neither kawanatanga nor tino rangatanga, over Maori resources and people. Rather … the parties agreed to a relationship: one in which they and Hobson were to be equal – equal while having different roles and different spheres of influence.
“In essence, rangatira retained their authority over their hapu and territories, while Hobson was given authority to control Pakeha.”
Maori activist Titewhai Harawira made her submission as the Tamaki Makaurau District Maori Council chairwoman. She said they did not accept the freshwater management regime was consistent with the Treaty.
“The water belongs to us and we have our own tikanga (laws) to manage it. We would do a lot better job at looking after our [water] than this Crown has done – that’s for sure.”
whakatanebeacon.co.nz/2017/07/heavy-hitters-talk-water/