Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 17, 2018 13:42:28 GMT 12
URGENT, PLEASE SEND IN A SUBMISSION
For whatever reason, Ngati Porou, with their agreement half finished under the old Act (Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004), did not lodge a claim under the new Act (Marine and Coastal Area Act 2011) within the six year time limit (March 2011 -- April 3, 2017). Approx 600 claims were able to do so by due date (April 3, 2017).
This new Bill gives them (Ngati Porou) an extra two years to lodge their claim, and the potential to hold up all other claims.
NGATI POROU WILL ALSO GAIN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE.
Their original agreement with the Crown shows that Michael Cullen agreed to pay Ngati Porou “to exercise their rights and perform their obligations under the deed and the recognition legislation”. That meant they were not only being given control of the coastline, but they were also being paid for it – to the tune of $7.6 million for the first 5 years, followed by $700,000 a year.
Under Chris Finlayson’s re-negotiated agreement, Ngati Porou will receive $15.3 million tax-free as a full and final settlement. That appropriation has been carried forward into the current 2018 Budget.
More information on these links vv
www.nzcpr.com/coastal-claim-developments/
www.nzcpr.com/political-meddling-threatens-our-coastline/#more-26410
SUBMISSIONS: Readers are urged to make a brief submission on this Bill > tinyurl.com/y7p6fgb3
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS > 22 JUNE 2018
* Ask the Maori Affairs Select Committee why Ngati Porou hapu have been given the privilege of being allowed two additional years to claim Customary Marine Title.
* And ask who has tested whether Ngati Porou’s claims are valid, since they were never required to prove their case in the High Court, which was the requirement under the old legislation.
* Ask about what checks and balances there will be over the establishment of wahi tapu (so called “sacred” areas), where iwi members will have the right to charge anyone trespassing on what was formerly public land (the Crown-owned foreshore and seabed prior to 2011), where the tribal group can fish etc, but where members of the public – including other groups with a different Maori ancestor – all of whom have had the right to go there since 1840, will be fined up to $5,000 for every trespass.
Please propose this in your submission > This Bill should not proceed. The Labour led Coalition Government should withdraw this Bill.
THIS BILL has, as its main reason for existing, the desire of the Labour led Coalition Government to give Ngati Porou hapu the opportunity to obtain various MACA property rights, for two years after this Bill is passed. No other tribal group is getting this right. It is unfair and unjustified. What have Ngati Porou done to justify such special treatment? Nothing!
For whatever reason, Ngati Porou, with their agreement half finished under the old Act (Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004), did not lodge a claim under the new Act (Marine and Coastal Area Act 2011) within the six year time limit (March 2011 -- April 3, 2017). Approx 600 claims were able to do so by due date (April 3, 2017).
This new Bill gives them (Ngati Porou) an extra two years to lodge their claim, and the potential to hold up all other claims.
NGATI POROU WILL ALSO GAIN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE.
Their original agreement with the Crown shows that Michael Cullen agreed to pay Ngati Porou “to exercise their rights and perform their obligations under the deed and the recognition legislation”. That meant they were not only being given control of the coastline, but they were also being paid for it – to the tune of $7.6 million for the first 5 years, followed by $700,000 a year.
Under Chris Finlayson’s re-negotiated agreement, Ngati Porou will receive $15.3 million tax-free as a full and final settlement. That appropriation has been carried forward into the current 2018 Budget.
More information on these links vv
www.nzcpr.com/coastal-claim-developments/
www.nzcpr.com/political-meddling-threatens-our-coastline/#more-26410
SUBMISSIONS: Readers are urged to make a brief submission on this Bill > tinyurl.com/y7p6fgb3
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS > 22 JUNE 2018
* Ask the Maori Affairs Select Committee why Ngati Porou hapu have been given the privilege of being allowed two additional years to claim Customary Marine Title.
* And ask who has tested whether Ngati Porou’s claims are valid, since they were never required to prove their case in the High Court, which was the requirement under the old legislation.
* Ask about what checks and balances there will be over the establishment of wahi tapu (so called “sacred” areas), where iwi members will have the right to charge anyone trespassing on what was formerly public land (the Crown-owned foreshore and seabed prior to 2011), where the tribal group can fish etc, but where members of the public – including other groups with a different Maori ancestor – all of whom have had the right to go there since 1840, will be fined up to $5,000 for every trespass.
Please propose this in your submission > This Bill should not proceed. The Labour led Coalition Government should withdraw this Bill.
THIS BILL has, as its main reason for existing, the desire of the Labour led Coalition Government to give Ngati Porou hapu the opportunity to obtain various MACA property rights, for two years after this Bill is passed. No other tribal group is getting this right. It is unfair and unjustified. What have Ngati Porou done to justify such special treatment? Nothing!