Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 17, 2020 5:28:00 GMT 12
PEENI HENARE, MARAMA DAVIDSON, JOHN TAMIHERE ON MĀORI WATER OWNERSHIP
The trio were initially asked how they would address Auckland's water shortage, with Tamihere turning the conversation towards water ownership.
"I want to go straight to the issue of ownership. Never has our right, our native, customary title been extinguished to water," he said.
"If Māori had control of water, we wouldn't be running out of it. We're the greatest custodians."
He continued to say that "we [Māori] own it" and he would be the only person out of the trio who would "stand here and say that".
Henare wouldn't explicitly say that Māori own water, instead he said they have "special interests" in it.
"We've made our position quite clear that Māori, without a shadow of a doubt, have special interests in the water. It is a very complicated scenario," he said.
Davidson said the Green Party has been clear that Māori "absolutely" have customary proprietary and kaitiaki rights to water.
"That, in effect, is actually ownership. And if that's a Pākeha way of understanding rights over water then that's what we have to be clear about as well," she said.......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/09/nz-election-2020-peeni-henare-marama-davidson-john-tamihere-on-maori-water-ownership.html
The trio were initially asked how they would address Auckland's water shortage, with Tamihere turning the conversation towards water ownership.
"I want to go straight to the issue of ownership. Never has our right, our native, customary title been extinguished to water," he said.
"If Māori had control of water, we wouldn't be running out of it. We're the greatest custodians."
He continued to say that "we [Māori] own it" and he would be the only person out of the trio who would "stand here and say that".
Henare wouldn't explicitly say that Māori own water, instead he said they have "special interests" in it.
"We've made our position quite clear that Māori, without a shadow of a doubt, have special interests in the water. It is a very complicated scenario," he said.
Davidson said the Green Party has been clear that Māori "absolutely" have customary proprietary and kaitiaki rights to water.
"That, in effect, is actually ownership. And if that's a Pākeha way of understanding rights over water then that's what we have to be clear about as well," she said.......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/09/nz-election-2020-peeni-henare-marama-davidson-john-tamihere-on-maori-water-ownership.html