Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 1, 2020 4:21:47 GMT 12
TAKUTAI MOANA ACT BREACHES TREATY OF WAITANGI - WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act is in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and prejudicially affects Māori.
The tribunal recommends that the Act's procedural and resourcing arrangements be amended to give effect to Treaty principles.
It asked the Crown to urgently address the lack of cohesion between the two application pathways, and to consider the Legal Aid scheme to make applications affordable.
To improve the Crown's support for applicants seeking to resolve overlapping interests, the Tribunal has suggested that the Crown provides applicants with funding and administrative support, access to facilitators and mediators, and access to tikanga-based resolution processes.
Part two of the tribunal's inquiry will look into the substance of the Act itself, and whether it adequately recognises and protects Māori customary rights as the Treaty requires......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/420157/takutai-moana-act-breaches-treaty-of-waitangi-waitangi-tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act is in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and prejudicially affects Māori.
The tribunal recommends that the Act's procedural and resourcing arrangements be amended to give effect to Treaty principles.
It asked the Crown to urgently address the lack of cohesion between the two application pathways, and to consider the Legal Aid scheme to make applications affordable.
To improve the Crown's support for applicants seeking to resolve overlapping interests, the Tribunal has suggested that the Crown provides applicants with funding and administrative support, access to facilitators and mediators, and access to tikanga-based resolution processes.
Part two of the tribunal's inquiry will look into the substance of the Act itself, and whether it adequately recognises and protects Māori customary rights as the Treaty requires......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/420157/takutai-moana-act-breaches-treaty-of-waitangi-waitangi-tribunal