Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 20, 2017 7:59:50 GMT 12
THE WATER DEBATE
The reality is that the present water debate is politically motivated. New Zealanders are being manipulated by activist groups running well-orchestrated mass hysteria campaigns to introduce a tax on the commercial use of water – a move that suits Maori interests, since any charge on water will open the door to new taxpayer-funded Treaty settlements and water royalties in perpetuity.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator, free-lance journalist Michael Coote outlines the demands that are being made by one of the high profile activist cheerleaders:
“Te Awaroa: 1000 Rivers’ patron Dame Anne Salmond is publicly advocating the New Zealand Maori Council’s National Freshwater Policy Framework proposal to create a waterways commission that holds all bodies of water in trust and charges for their use.
“It is a stepping stone to charging water levies.
“The Maori Council’s plan is to create a perpetual revenue stream flowing into the pockets of Maori tribes in the form of royalties paid from levies charged nationwide on commercial water usage.
“This objective is part of a thrust to impose a royalty economy of racial tithing across New Zealand’s natural resources to the benefit of Maori.”
And that’s what’s at the heart of this debate – Maori rights to own and control of fresh water..........
Read Dr Muriel Newman’s full informative NZCPR newsletter here > www.nzcpr.com/the-water-debate/#more-23958
The reality is that the present water debate is politically motivated. New Zealanders are being manipulated by activist groups running well-orchestrated mass hysteria campaigns to introduce a tax on the commercial use of water – a move that suits Maori interests, since any charge on water will open the door to new taxpayer-funded Treaty settlements and water royalties in perpetuity.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator, free-lance journalist Michael Coote outlines the demands that are being made by one of the high profile activist cheerleaders:
“Te Awaroa: 1000 Rivers’ patron Dame Anne Salmond is publicly advocating the New Zealand Maori Council’s National Freshwater Policy Framework proposal to create a waterways commission that holds all bodies of water in trust and charges for their use.
“It is a stepping stone to charging water levies.
“The Maori Council’s plan is to create a perpetual revenue stream flowing into the pockets of Maori tribes in the form of royalties paid from levies charged nationwide on commercial water usage.
“This objective is part of a thrust to impose a royalty economy of racial tithing across New Zealand’s natural resources to the benefit of Maori.”
And that’s what’s at the heart of this debate – Maori rights to own and control of fresh water..........
Read Dr Muriel Newman’s full informative NZCPR newsletter here > www.nzcpr.com/the-water-debate/#more-23958