Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 31, 2016 7:50:34 GMT 12
Is the National Party selling New Zealanders down the river?
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON FRESHWATER
As readers know, late last year the New Zealand Centre for Political Research launched a nation wide public information newspaper advertising campaign to alert New Zealanders to National’s plans to introduce Maori tribal control of fresh water. In the ad, we encouraged the public to contact Members of Parliament and Councillors to express their views.
Our ad resulted in floods of correspondence with politicians. Some people sent us copies of the responses they had received, and in general, subtly or not so subtly, government MPs accused the NZCPR of spreading misinformation…..
An article written by the Cabinet Minister and MP for Tauranga Simon Bridges for a Grey Power magazine, expresses this view:
“I have been approached by a number of constituents recently regarding the control and ownership of New Zealand’s freshwater. There appears to be some misinformation surrounding this so I thought I would take this opportunity to clarify the situation.
“The National-led Government has always had a clearly stated position on this issue, which is that no one owns the water. The Government is currently working with the Land and Water Forum, which includes stakeholders from various sectors, including iwi, to develop a common direction for freshwater management in New Zealand.
“A discussion document is expected to be released this year, at which time the public will be able to have their say before any decisions are made. To be clear, there are no plans to give control or ownership of our country’s lakes and rivers to iwi, or any other group.”
While Mr Bridges reinforced the fact that no-one owns water, this is a typical political red herring. Our sole concern is with the “control” of water and the fact that for the first time in our country’s history, a New Zealand government is planning to allow race-based interests to control the management and allocation of fresh water resources – instead of retaining Regional Councils and Unitary Authorities, with their democratically elected representatives, as the country’s sole delegated authorities.
In his article, Mr Bridges reassured Grey Power readers by stating, “To be clear, there are no plans to give control or ownership of our country’s lakes and rivers to iwi…”
So let’s look into the veracity of that statement.
But first, some facts……
Continue reading the facts and look into the 'veracity of Bridges's statement' in the NZCPR's latest newsletter by Dr Muriel Newman > www.nzcpr.com/setting-the-record-straight/#more-17496
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON FRESHWATER
As readers know, late last year the New Zealand Centre for Political Research launched a nation wide public information newspaper advertising campaign to alert New Zealanders to National’s plans to introduce Maori tribal control of fresh water. In the ad, we encouraged the public to contact Members of Parliament and Councillors to express their views.
Our ad resulted in floods of correspondence with politicians. Some people sent us copies of the responses they had received, and in general, subtly or not so subtly, government MPs accused the NZCPR of spreading misinformation…..
An article written by the Cabinet Minister and MP for Tauranga Simon Bridges for a Grey Power magazine, expresses this view:
“I have been approached by a number of constituents recently regarding the control and ownership of New Zealand’s freshwater. There appears to be some misinformation surrounding this so I thought I would take this opportunity to clarify the situation.
“The National-led Government has always had a clearly stated position on this issue, which is that no one owns the water. The Government is currently working with the Land and Water Forum, which includes stakeholders from various sectors, including iwi, to develop a common direction for freshwater management in New Zealand.
“A discussion document is expected to be released this year, at which time the public will be able to have their say before any decisions are made. To be clear, there are no plans to give control or ownership of our country’s lakes and rivers to iwi, or any other group.”
While Mr Bridges reinforced the fact that no-one owns water, this is a typical political red herring. Our sole concern is with the “control” of water and the fact that for the first time in our country’s history, a New Zealand government is planning to allow race-based interests to control the management and allocation of fresh water resources – instead of retaining Regional Councils and Unitary Authorities, with their democratically elected representatives, as the country’s sole delegated authorities.
In his article, Mr Bridges reassured Grey Power readers by stating, “To be clear, there are no plans to give control or ownership of our country’s lakes and rivers to iwi…”
So let’s look into the veracity of that statement.
But first, some facts……
Continue reading the facts and look into the 'veracity of Bridges's statement' in the NZCPR's latest newsletter by Dr Muriel Newman > www.nzcpr.com/setting-the-record-straight/#more-17496
