Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 4, 2016 19:15:59 GMT 12
WATER CLAIMANTS FIGHT THEMSELVES
Since the latest Maori Council leadership vote, the Waitangi Tribunal has announced that the second phase of Maori Council's water claim will go ahead, much to the delight of freshwater spokesperson Donna Hall, who said:
"The [interest the] council sees Maori as having in water, as bigger than just a management interest, and the Maori proprietary interest is based in access to the water, use of the water and partial control." (6)
Bear in mind the track record of tribunal reports show that the tribunal routinely recommends in favour of claimants no matter how far-fetched the claim is.
Remember too that the tribunal uses the term "residual proprietary rights" when justifying the tribal claim for water ownership.
While "residual proprietary rights" may appear as a significant legal term, closer investigation shows that it is mostly only ever used in the Maori claim for water, so is most likely nothing other than high-sounding nonsense dreamed up by the Waitangi Tribunal in the claim for water ownership……
Read Mike Butler's full enlightening Breaking Views article here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/mike-butler-water-claimants-fight.html
Since the latest Maori Council leadership vote, the Waitangi Tribunal has announced that the second phase of Maori Council's water claim will go ahead, much to the delight of freshwater spokesperson Donna Hall, who said:
"The [interest the] council sees Maori as having in water, as bigger than just a management interest, and the Maori proprietary interest is based in access to the water, use of the water and partial control." (6)
Bear in mind the track record of tribunal reports show that the tribunal routinely recommends in favour of claimants no matter how far-fetched the claim is.
Remember too that the tribunal uses the term "residual proprietary rights" when justifying the tribal claim for water ownership.
While "residual proprietary rights" may appear as a significant legal term, closer investigation shows that it is mostly only ever used in the Maori claim for water, so is most likely nothing other than high-sounding nonsense dreamed up by the Waitangi Tribunal in the claim for water ownership……
Read Mike Butler's full enlightening Breaking Views article here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/mike-butler-water-claimants-fight.html