Seabed rightfully belongs to all of us

Tamati Waka Nene and Sir Apirana Ngata must be turning in their graves to see the shenanigans going on over the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.

The foreshore and seabed rightfully belongs to all of us and to legislate otherwise and then use it to grab political power by buying off the Maori party by John Key and his mates beggars belief - and at the expense of us Kiwis. Treaty Settlements Minister Christopher Finlayson then says most of the claims will likely to fade away anyway. Is there going to be settlements to make the claims fade away unbeknown to the public?

The successful claims, they say, public access must be maintained but there is no mention how much we will pay? If I decide to fish will I have to go 12 miles out to sea before I can put a line in the water as the prime fishing areas are all in close and under iwi trust control? The Marine and Coastal Area Act is not about fairness and equity it is about greed and political power. Time for us Kiwis to speak up and say: ‘Enough is enough'.

M Lally, Te Puke.

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