I begin this afternoon by responding to the comments of the Hon Tariana Turia on the Marine and Coastal (Takutai Moana) Bill. She said that the Māori Party was right to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. The ACT Party agrees with her, and has always agreed with her. Tariana Turia and the Māori …
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Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill — Third Reading
Thursday, March 24, 2011Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill — In Committee
Thursday, March 17, 2011Part 4 Administrative and miscellaneous matters
How interesting that we have just heard Mr Parekura Horomia talking about the virtues of one law for all, and Tau Henare asking what is wrong with that. One would believe, with that interjection, that Tau Henare actually believes we should have one law for all, which highlights that Tau …
Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill – In Committee
Wednesday, March 16, 2011Part 3 Customary interests
I will just comment on what Maryan Street had to say. She summarised part of the basis of the ACT Party’s objection to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. We believe that iwi and hapū should have access to courts. We do not believe that the law should be codified …
Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill — In Committee
Tuesday, March 15, 2011Preamble
The ACT Party strongly opposes this legislation in the same way that the ACT Party opposed the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. In fact, the ACT Party is the only party that has had a consistent policy, a policy based entirely on principle, in its opposition to the provisions of this bill. The ACT Party …
Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill — Second Reading
Tuesday, March 8, 2011I rise on behalf of the ACT Party to speak on the second reading of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, and I rise on behalf of New Zealanders throughout the country who oppose this bill, just as one of my predecessors, former ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley, rose in this House in …
ACT Calls For Full Story On Foreshore Tests
Sunday, February 20, 2011ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today supported some of the concerns of National Party supporter Jim Matson – printed in today’s ‘Sunday Star-Times’ – and called on Prime Minister John Key and his Government to tell the full story on the tests that are included in the proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill.
“In …
Foreshore Bill Fails Prime Minister’s Criteria
Thursday, February 10, 2011ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today called on Prime Minister John Key to stand by his promise in March 2010, that if there was not widespread support for the proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, the law that currently governs the foreshore and seabed would remain in place.
“During Question Time in Parliament today, …
ACT To Host Foreshore & Seabed Public Meetings
Tuesday, February 1, 2011ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen will this month host a series of public meetings in the Auckland area to outline the history of the foreshore and seabed debate, and to discuss the implications – and impending consequences – of the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill.
“The Maori Affairs Select Committee’s hearings on …
ACT Welcomes Labour Into The Foreshore Fold
Thursday, December 9, 2010ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen was today pleased to see that the Labour Party has gotten on board and will join ACT in opposing the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill.
“Yesterday I advised the National Party members of the Maori Affairs Select Committee that they continue to push this Bill at their …
Harawira Correct: Foreshore Bill Is An Insult
Tuesday, December 7, 2010Although we may have different viewpoints on the ideal outcome of the foreshore and seabed debate, Maori Party MP Hone Harawira was absolutely correct when he described the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill as an ‘insult’ to Maori, ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen said today.
“Mr Harawira’s comment before the Maori Affairs …