ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today urged the Maori Party to pull all support from the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill after both Te Atiawa and Ngati Tama made public submissions condemning the Bill and added to the mounting evidence that Maori do not support it.
“I predict that the Maori Affairs Select Committee …
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ACT Urges Maori Party To Oppose Foreshore Bill
Tuesday, November 30, 2010General Debate
Wednesday, November 24, 2010Last Friday submissions closed on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. We heard this afternoon from the chair of the Māori Affairs Committee, which is hearing submissions on the bill, that over 3,000 submissions have been received on the bill and that 521 New Zealanders or organisations have asked to submit personally. I …
General Debate
Wednesday, September 15, 2010Yesterday I rose and spoke on the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill. We have heard further this afternoon of the devastation and the destruction that was borne on Canterbury. The earthquake in Canterbury is probably the No. 1 natural disaster that has happened in my lifetime. There may not be another disaster during my …
Process Abuse Smacks Of Desperation
Wednesday, February 10, 2010ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today condemned the outrageous abuse of process that the Government has committed in its attempt to rush the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill into law, and pledged that ACT would continue its fight against the deeply flawed and divisive legislation.
“Maori Affairs Select Committee members had only two hours …