Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 27, 2016 18:57:06 GMT 12
FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT WATER
Two Victoria University academics are reported ( www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1606/S00289/cabinet-paper-proposes-treaty-of-waitangi-breaches.htm ) as claiming that three bottom lines - outlined in a Cabinet paper on water in May 2016 - breaches the Treaty of Waitangi.
The three options are: “nobody owns freshwater”;
“no national settlement favouring iwi/hapu over other uses”;
and “Allocation determined catchment by catchment based on resource availability, efficiency of use, good industry practice and a positive contribution to regional economic development”.
THEIR CLAIMS ARE BLATANTLY FALSE.
There is much activity within New Zealand by people making false claims about the treaty and seeking to pervert its meaning by ignoring the evidence of its day and the meanings of its words. It is of paramount importance now and henceforth that these people be discredited. Despite the claims of Geoffrey Palmer and others, the Treaty is a succinct and straightforward document…..
Continue reading Bruce Moons great article here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/06/bruce-moon-false-claims-about-water.html#more
Two Victoria University academics are reported ( www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1606/S00289/cabinet-paper-proposes-treaty-of-waitangi-breaches.htm ) as claiming that three bottom lines - outlined in a Cabinet paper on water in May 2016 - breaches the Treaty of Waitangi.
The three options are: “nobody owns freshwater”;
“no national settlement favouring iwi/hapu over other uses”;
and “Allocation determined catchment by catchment based on resource availability, efficiency of use, good industry practice and a positive contribution to regional economic development”.
THEIR CLAIMS ARE BLATANTLY FALSE.
There is much activity within New Zealand by people making false claims about the treaty and seeking to pervert its meaning by ignoring the evidence of its day and the meanings of its words. It is of paramount importance now and henceforth that these people be discredited. Despite the claims of Geoffrey Palmer and others, the Treaty is a succinct and straightforward document…..
Continue reading Bruce Moons great article here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/06/bruce-moon-false-claims-about-water.html#more