Marine Law Change Angers Māori Activist: 'We Don't Have Any Rights'

Marine law change angers Māori activist: 'We don't have any rights'

Rueben Taipari says it's taking away Māori rights, but the Treaty Negotiations Minister said that claim is "completely wrong".

Marine Coastal Law Robs Māori Of Customary Rights

“This Government is selling out Māori with a Bill that prioritises profit over taonga and is another form of raupatu,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Māori-Crown relations Steve Abel.

Iwi Leaders To UN: Marine And Coastal Areas Amendment Bill Is An Act Of Environmental Racism – PAPARA

The Maranga Mai Working Group on The People’s Action Plan Against Racism (PAPARA) has today released a United Nations shadow report which condemns the Government’s Marine and Coastal Areas Amendment Bill as a blatant act of environmental racism and a continuation of colonial dispossession of Māori from their takutai moana. The report states that the Bill “constitutes a major act of raupatu (territorial confiscation), and continues a long history…

Opposition promises to repeal NZ marine and coastal rights law change

By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand’s opposition parties have promised to repeal the coalition government’s changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act (MACA) if re-elected in the face of criticism over “mindsets of colonisation”. While the coalition has pitched the changes as restoring the legislation to its original intent, critics argue they diminish Māori rights. The MACA law was introduced by National in 2011 in response…