Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 16, 2020 12:23:37 GMT 12
TRIBAL CLAIMS FOR OUR COASTLINE
Finally, while the country has been focussed on health, the lockdown, and the plight of the economy, there have been new developments regarding tribal claims for our coastline.
You may recall, that just before the April 3, 2017 deadline for claims under the Marine and Coastal Area Act, ALMOST 600 APPLICATIONS WERE LODGED COVERING THE ENTIRE COASTLINE. Some 200 were High Court claims, and 387 were for direct negotiation with the Minister of Treaty Settlements under the Crown Engagement pathway.
Now, three years later, a Draft Crown Engagement Strategy has finally been released, seeking claimant feedback by April 24.
The strategy recommends that 175 of the Crown Engagement claims, which were also lodged in the High Court, should be deferred until after the Court hearings.
It suggests the rest of the claims should be grouped geographically with those in the Gisborne and New Plymouth regions to be decided first, between 2020 and 2023.
Under the Minister’s proposed timetable it will take 20 TO 30 YEARS for the claims to be resolved!
A separate discussion document, also seeking claimant feedback by April 24, asks whether the TAXPAYER FUNDED ASSISTANCE FOR THE CLAIMS PROCESS is sufficient: up to $412,000 is available for Crown Engagement cases and up to $312,000 for the High Court.
TAXPAYER FUNDING has also now been allocated to enable claimants to appeal High Court decisions, to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court – $92,000 for appeals made by claimants, and $139,000 for appeals made by those with ‘overlapping’ claims.
In addition, $70,000, is now available to help tribal groups prepare submissions on Crown Engagement claims.
While the Minister promised a process would be put in place to allow the public to also make submissions on Crown Engagement claims, no details have been published as yet.
WITH HUNDREDS OF OVERLAPPING CLAIMS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CLAIMANT FUNDING, AND TIMEFRAMES STRETCHING OUT FOR DECADES, IT’S INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT THIS FORESHORE AND SEABED GRAVY TRAIN WILL NEVER END.
These are troubling times. Our democratic nation, built on independence, liberty, and equality, is now governed by those who encourage State informants, who give legal and financial privilege based on race, and who have used their power to suspend our basic rights and freedoms – even Parliamentary democracy itself.
As we look to the future, it’s hard to shake a sense of foreboding.......
www.nzcpr.com/the-lockdown-week-3/
Finally, while the country has been focussed on health, the lockdown, and the plight of the economy, there have been new developments regarding tribal claims for our coastline.
You may recall, that just before the April 3, 2017 deadline for claims under the Marine and Coastal Area Act, ALMOST 600 APPLICATIONS WERE LODGED COVERING THE ENTIRE COASTLINE. Some 200 were High Court claims, and 387 were for direct negotiation with the Minister of Treaty Settlements under the Crown Engagement pathway.
Now, three years later, a Draft Crown Engagement Strategy has finally been released, seeking claimant feedback by April 24.
The strategy recommends that 175 of the Crown Engagement claims, which were also lodged in the High Court, should be deferred until after the Court hearings.
It suggests the rest of the claims should be grouped geographically with those in the Gisborne and New Plymouth regions to be decided first, between 2020 and 2023.
Under the Minister’s proposed timetable it will take 20 TO 30 YEARS for the claims to be resolved!
A separate discussion document, also seeking claimant feedback by April 24, asks whether the TAXPAYER FUNDED ASSISTANCE FOR THE CLAIMS PROCESS is sufficient: up to $412,000 is available for Crown Engagement cases and up to $312,000 for the High Court.
TAXPAYER FUNDING has also now been allocated to enable claimants to appeal High Court decisions, to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court – $92,000 for appeals made by claimants, and $139,000 for appeals made by those with ‘overlapping’ claims.
In addition, $70,000, is now available to help tribal groups prepare submissions on Crown Engagement claims.
While the Minister promised a process would be put in place to allow the public to also make submissions on Crown Engagement claims, no details have been published as yet.
WITH HUNDREDS OF OVERLAPPING CLAIMS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CLAIMANT FUNDING, AND TIMEFRAMES STRETCHING OUT FOR DECADES, IT’S INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT THIS FORESHORE AND SEABED GRAVY TRAIN WILL NEVER END.
These are troubling times. Our democratic nation, built on independence, liberty, and equality, is now governed by those who encourage State informants, who give legal and financial privilege based on race, and who have used their power to suspend our basic rights and freedoms – even Parliamentary democracy itself.
As we look to the future, it’s hard to shake a sense of foreboding.......
www.nzcpr.com/the-lockdown-week-3/
