Revelations About The Disastrous Marine & Coastal Area Act.
Republished from 1Law4All Ten things you wont be told by the government or part-Maori. The Marine and Coastal Area Act 2011 [MCA], passed by National as part of its secret deal to buy the Parliamentary votes of the race-based Maori Party, is arguably the greatest swindle in New Zealand history. Ever since the introduction of…
A Crooked Grant of Customary Marine Title by a Dishonest Cabinet Minister
By Jeremy Bullen Re the Ngati Pahuwera claim for Customary Marine Title over the coast between the Waikare (Waikari) river mouth and the Waihua river mouth in northern Hawkes Bay and including the Mohaka river mouth, which is in the middle of the claim. In July, 2013, CORANZ made a submission on this, pointing out…
Letter to the Editor of The Northland Age 1/8/17
ANOTHER ATTACK Chris Finlayson Minister of Treaty Settlements, is about to grant the first customary marine title to Hawke’s Bay Iwi Ngati Pahauwera, the first of many applications just for Hawke’s Bay alone that he has invited and given many thousands of dollars of public funds for iwi to put forward their claims. Any objectors…
Divisive 2011 Marine and Coastal Area Act undermining democracy
It is now over six years since the highly controversial Marine and Coastal Area (MACA for short) Act came into force. The Bill English National Government’s intention is still to privatise New Zealand’s foreshore and seabed to Maori tribal groups. New Zealand adopted British law in 1840. So the New Zealand territorial sea, the area…
The Mahia Peninsula Customary Marine Title (CMT) Court Case
There are now some 27 tribal applications for Customary Marine Title (CMT) under Treaty Minister Christopher Finlayson’s controversial Marine and Coastal Area Act, around the New Zealand coast. Any of these can be heard through the High Court, provided that they are registered with the Court, and that each is advertised once, yes ONLY ONCE,…