Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 28, 2016 18:19:02 GMT 12
SMITH SMACKDOWN OVER FISHING RIGHTS
Te Arawa leader Sir Toby Curtis says Environment Minister Nick Smith is talking nonsense about the proposed Kermadec ocean sanctuary.
Dr Smith says Maori they are ignoring the need for leadership in marine conservation - that’s despite the fact Maori led the move a decade ago to turn the same area into a benthic protection zone with no trawling or dredging allowed.
He says they are also overstating the impacts in respect of fishery and Treaty settlement obligations, and the fact Maori have not fished the area since the settlement means they have no case.
Sir Toby says it’s a clear breach of the 1992 Maori fisheries settlement and a denial of the Maori development right.
"Because we don’t farm certain land we have doesn't mean they can take it away from us. It's the same argument for the Kermadecs, if you haven't used it for what you can use it for, that doesn't give anyone the right to take it away from you," he says.
Sir Toby says the crown made a full and final settlement with Maori on fishing rights, and the Government can’t change it on a whim…..
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Te Arawa leader Sir Toby Curtis says Environment Minister Nick Smith is talking nonsense about the proposed Kermadec ocean sanctuary.
Dr Smith says Maori they are ignoring the need for leadership in marine conservation - that’s despite the fact Maori led the move a decade ago to turn the same area into a benthic protection zone with no trawling or dredging allowed.
He says they are also overstating the impacts in respect of fishery and Treaty settlement obligations, and the fact Maori have not fished the area since the settlement means they have no case.
Sir Toby says it’s a clear breach of the 1992 Maori fisheries settlement and a denial of the Maori development right.
"Because we don’t farm certain land we have doesn't mean they can take it away from us. It's the same argument for the Kermadecs, if you haven't used it for what you can use it for, that doesn't give anyone the right to take it away from you," he says.
Sir Toby says the crown made a full and final settlement with Maori on fishing rights, and the Government can’t change it on a whim…..
www.waateanews.com/Waatea+News.html?story_id=MTMzMTk%3D&v=709#.VyF6zcLphM8.facebook