F&S repeal – will it really help?
There’s been a bit of talk about rape and pillage recently. Our Maori Party parliamentary colleague says it’s been our land, foreshore and seabed that have been raped and pillaged. I see community...
View ArticleReviewing the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 Consultation Document
Here’s my take on the Foreshore and Seabed Consultation Document that was released last week. There are four Options on offer. Option 1 – Crown Notional Title – this option is pretty close to what the...
View ArticleWho has final say on F&S developments?
If no one owns the Foreshore and Seabed, then the question that needs to be asked is ‘Who now has final say over what happens on the Foreshore and Seabed?’ If it isn’t to be Maori, then in effect the...
View ArticleOil extraction from the Northland Basin
Lying under 100,000 square kilometres of seabed off the west coast of Northland is an estimated one trillion barrels of oil equivalent. This is the seabed that shortly no one will own because under the...
View ArticleACT’s foreshore and seabed behest
The Foreshore and Seabed Legislation Part 2, has taken a turn that will disadvantage Maori who have always owned land next to the sea, but not other land owners. At the ACT Party’s behest, the National...
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