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…
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,…