Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 4, 2020 2:45:37 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL REPORT INTO MARINE AND COASTAL ACT CONFIRMS IWI CONCERNS
Northland iwi Ngātiwai say the Waitangi Tribunal's report into the Marine and Coastal Area Act has confirmed concerns it had around expensive processes, conflict of interest, and overlapping claims.
The tribunal listed many Crown failures including not implementing adequate policies to ensure the High Court pathway and the Crown engagement pathway operate cohesively; failing to manage real or perceived conflicts of interest in the administration of funding; and failing to actively and practically support efforts to resolve overlapping interests in the marine and coastal area.
Claimant Mylie George: "We maintain and uphold the mana of our whenua and moana as we continue to fight and refuse to be subject to the winds and power of the coloniser."
Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Minister Andrew Little said the Crown accepts the tribunal's findings, and that the process under the Takutaimoana Act is not adequate and can be harmful......
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12344963
FORESHORE ACT REPLACEMENT EPIC FAIL
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the functioning of the Marine and Coast Area (Takutai Moana) Act is an indictment of the legislation created by National and the Māori Party.
The tribunal has criticised the crown’s failure to properly explain to Māori how the Act was supposed to work or the fund for the full cost of claims and cross claims for recognition of customary ownership.
Mr Peters says replacing the previous Foreshore and Seabed Act raised unrealistic expectations.
"We in the Māori world well know that the sea in pre-European times was a highway and was shared by everybody and all our stories and all our history say that's true.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjQ4ODU.html
Northland iwi Ngātiwai say the Waitangi Tribunal's report into the Marine and Coastal Area Act has confirmed concerns it had around expensive processes, conflict of interest, and overlapping claims.
The tribunal listed many Crown failures including not implementing adequate policies to ensure the High Court pathway and the Crown engagement pathway operate cohesively; failing to manage real or perceived conflicts of interest in the administration of funding; and failing to actively and practically support efforts to resolve overlapping interests in the marine and coastal area.
Claimant Mylie George: "We maintain and uphold the mana of our whenua and moana as we continue to fight and refuse to be subject to the winds and power of the coloniser."
Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Minister Andrew Little said the Crown accepts the tribunal's findings, and that the process under the Takutaimoana Act is not adequate and can be harmful......
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12344963
FORESHORE ACT REPLACEMENT EPIC FAIL
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the functioning of the Marine and Coast Area (Takutai Moana) Act is an indictment of the legislation created by National and the Māori Party.
The tribunal has criticised the crown’s failure to properly explain to Māori how the Act was supposed to work or the fund for the full cost of claims and cross claims for recognition of customary ownership.
Mr Peters says replacing the previous Foreshore and Seabed Act raised unrealistic expectations.
"We in the Māori world well know that the sea in pre-European times was a highway and was shared by everybody and all our stories and all our history say that's true.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjQ4ODU.html