How New Zealand 's foreshore and seabed resources and access are being given away to iwi.
This book tells the shocking and unvarnished truth of how John Key's National Government is betraying the interests and future prospects of the majority of New Zealanders by handing over the control and resources of potentially all the foreshore and seabed to local iwi for no better purpose than to appease the numerically small and race based Maori Party.
New Zealanders should not be stripped of their long held rights to the foreshore and seabed without at least knowing about it. In this book you will find many of the things that the government does not wish you to hear; including how public access to our beaches is likely to be restricted. It is time for all New Zealanders to consider the importance of retaining the foreshore and seabed as a national asset owned by the Crown for the benefit and enjoyment of all of us as opposed to a race-based minority of coastal iwi.
This just-released book of 110 pages discusses the background to the National
Government's astounding U-turn in introducing a Bill to Parliament to remove Crown (i.e.
public) ownership from New Zealand's foreshore and seabed. This is solely to allow Maori
tribal groups to own areas of the foreshore and seabed, including the currently Crown
owned resources they contain. This major political issue is a result of National's pact with
the Maori Party to share power.
This, the largest proposed race-based privatisation in New Zealand's history, will
open a Pandora's box of claims, arguments and loss of public rights and resources.
Additional steps to make the obtaining of customary title even easier are likely to follow.
Privatisation to customary title means that tribal groups will be given very strong
private property rights and so will be able to exploit the minerals, aquaculture, and control
of recreational and commercial facilities (launching ramps, wharves, marinas, mooring
buoys etc) in their areas, and charge fees to make money.
They will also be able to negotiate their own exclusive areas - wahi tapu - where
public access will be forbidden with summary fines of up to $5,000 being imposed on "trespassers", even though these areas have been open to the public since 1840.
In spite of National's statements to the contrary, free public access to the foreshore
and seabed, or even public access itself, for surfers, boaties, yachties, fishermen and
other members of the public is not guaranteed.
The book also discusses the background of the person who has instituted these
changes, the Attorney General, Christopher Finlayson, without whose influence it is
unlikely that these astounding changes would be happening.
The book is a lively and stimulating read that cuts through the National and Maori
Parties' self-interest and secrecy. This is a very important issue that will adversely affect all
New Zealanders for many years to come.
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