Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 28, 2016 16:22:56 GMT 12
IWI CALLS CROWN ON CONSULTATION BUT BACKS KERMADECS MARINE SANCTUARY
A Northland iwi is calling on the Government to guarantee Maori fishing rights aren't wiped out if the proposed marine sanctuary in the Kermadec Islands goes ahead.
Te Aupouri says the Crown showed a "disappointing" level of consultation over the plan, contacting its chairman Riki Witana just a matter of hours before the sanctuary was announced at the United Nations by Prime Minister John Key last September.
The "level of discussion and involvement was vastly inadequate," Witana said.
However, he supported the sanctuary, saying it was "ground breaking" and that Te Aupouri would be included in the sanctuary's governance.
There was no fish hooks in Te Aupouri's support, but Witana said it did not want Maori fishing rights around the islands to be "extinguished unilaterally".
"The Kermadec Islands are where we fished, repaired our waka and took respite and refuge on our ocean voyages. It is a place where, in contemporary times, we have fished.
"Each and every iwi in Aotearoa have rights to fisheries in the Kermadec region through the Māori Fisheries Settlement."
Tuna fishing leader Charles Hufflett of the Solander Group said everyone supported the sanctuary but the lack of consultation set a grave precedent for areas outside territorial waters.
"Inside the 12 miles, the new MPA [Marine Protected Area] bill set before Parliament says it will consult, you've got to talk to everybody but the Government said outside, they'll make up their own mind and not consult.
"So it's far broader than just the Kermadecs. There's a serious matter of principle here….
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/78280732/iwi-calls-crown-on-consultation-but-backs-kermadecs-marine-sanctuary
A Northland iwi is calling on the Government to guarantee Maori fishing rights aren't wiped out if the proposed marine sanctuary in the Kermadec Islands goes ahead.
Te Aupouri says the Crown showed a "disappointing" level of consultation over the plan, contacting its chairman Riki Witana just a matter of hours before the sanctuary was announced at the United Nations by Prime Minister John Key last September.
The "level of discussion and involvement was vastly inadequate," Witana said.
However, he supported the sanctuary, saying it was "ground breaking" and that Te Aupouri would be included in the sanctuary's governance.
There was no fish hooks in Te Aupouri's support, but Witana said it did not want Maori fishing rights around the islands to be "extinguished unilaterally".
"The Kermadec Islands are where we fished, repaired our waka and took respite and refuge on our ocean voyages. It is a place where, in contemporary times, we have fished.
"Each and every iwi in Aotearoa have rights to fisheries in the Kermadec region through the Māori Fisheries Settlement."
Tuna fishing leader Charles Hufflett of the Solander Group said everyone supported the sanctuary but the lack of consultation set a grave precedent for areas outside territorial waters.
"Inside the 12 miles, the new MPA [Marine Protected Area] bill set before Parliament says it will consult, you've got to talk to everybody but the Government said outside, they'll make up their own mind and not consult.
"So it's far broader than just the Kermadecs. There's a serious matter of principle here….
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/78280732/iwi-calls-crown-on-consultation-but-backs-kermadecs-marine-sanctuary