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SEABED MINING APPEAL: CROWN ACCUSED OF IGNORING MĀORI RIGHTS TO FORESHORE AND SEABED
The Crown has been accused of yet again ignoring Māori rights to the foreshore and seabed in response to its submissions on a ironsand mining civil appeal before the Supreme Court.
The Attorney-General has intervened to make submissions in relation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Māori customary interests and applicability of tikanga to marine and marine consent discharge applications......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/430929/seabed-mining-appeal-crown-accused-of-ignoring-maori-rights-to-foreshore-and-seabed
MĀORI PARTY CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO BAN SEABED MINING IN AOTEAROA
With the Supreme Court hearings wrapping up, Māori Party Co-leader and incoming MP Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on the Government to put in place a nationwide ban on seabed mining permits within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
“For the last seven years I have worked with my iwi to stop seabed mining off the South Taranaki Bight. Our final legal battle has now concluded and as Māori Party Co-leader I will be taking this fight to Parliament and pushing the Government to commit to banning new, and withdrawing existing, seabed mining permits in the EEZ and RMA” said Mrs Ngarewa-Packer......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2011/S00060/maori-party-call-on-government-to-ban-seabed-mining-in-aotearoa.htm
The Crown has been accused of yet again ignoring Māori rights to the foreshore and seabed in response to its submissions on a ironsand mining civil appeal before the Supreme Court.
The Attorney-General has intervened to make submissions in relation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Māori customary interests and applicability of tikanga to marine and marine consent discharge applications......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/430929/seabed-mining-appeal-crown-accused-of-ignoring-maori-rights-to-foreshore-and-seabed
MĀORI PARTY CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO BAN SEABED MINING IN AOTEAROA
With the Supreme Court hearings wrapping up, Māori Party Co-leader and incoming MP Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on the Government to put in place a nationwide ban on seabed mining permits within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
“For the last seven years I have worked with my iwi to stop seabed mining off the South Taranaki Bight. Our final legal battle has now concluded and as Māori Party Co-leader I will be taking this fight to Parliament and pushing the Government to commit to banning new, and withdrawing existing, seabed mining permits in the EEZ and RMA” said Mrs Ngarewa-Packer......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2011/S00060/maori-party-call-on-government-to-ban-seabed-mining-in-aotearoa.htm