History is replete with governments all over the world using nationalisation to protect a country’s assets and resources in the public interest.
The UK is currently in the throes of nationalising British Steel in the public interest. Established as a State corporation in 1967, British Steel was sold off in 1988, passing through a number of different owners – Dutch, Indian and Chinese – only to now face closure. With the steel sector vital for construction and infrastructure, the UK Government was worried that the loss of domestic steel production and an increasing reliance on foreign imports would weaken national security.
With threats to major assets and resources recognised as crucial triggers for Governments to introduce legislative safeguards in the public interest, surely it’s time the Coalition took action to protect New Zealand democracy from the insatiable demands of tribal leaders and the corporate empires they now control.
Claims for the ownership of key public assets under the guise of Treaty of Waitangi grievances have been underway for decades. Land, buildings, lakes, rivers, mountains, National Parks, flora and fauna, the foreshore and seabed, freshwater, data, even the electromagnetic spectrum – nothing is safe.
Assisting them in their cause, are our Courts.
While New Zealand’s Court system used to act as a front line of defence in protecting the public interest from tribal attack, nowadays, they are party to a tribal agenda that is undermining our democracy.
This was evident back in 2003, when Chief Justice Sian Elias’ overturning of long-settled law through her activist ruling that customary title might still exist in the foreshore and seabed, resulted in a tsunami of tribal claims for the coast. Worried they represented a serious threat to national security through the potential privatisation of New Zealand’s coastline Prime Minister Helen Clark stepped in and passed the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act, cancelling the claims and nationalising the coastal marine area in the public interest.
The appointment of the former head of the Waitangi Tribal Justice Joe Williams to the Supreme Court in 2019 by Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government super-charged the undermining of the Rule of Law in New Zealand. By incorporating Maori custom or “tikanga” into our common law to ensure Maori interests will always win, he has created a circle of majority influence in favour of Maori supremacy in our highest court.
The capture of the Supreme Court means there is now no longer any legal defence against tribal claims. If Maori lose in the lower courts, all they need to do is appeal until their case arrives at the door of the Supreme Court, where it will most likely receive a favourable hearing.
That’s now the reality in New Zealand. No matter what public interest is at stake, the naked ambition driving tribal leaders in their lust for power and control over New Zealand’s strategic holdings, will end up winning the day even when their claims have no rational foundation.
The stakes are huge.
At the present time the country’s richest tribe, the $2-billion tax-free Ngai Tahu business conglomerate, has just concluded an 8-week court hearing for control of the country’s freshwater. Their case against the Crown is being led by National’s former Attorney General Chris Finlayson, the barrister who acted for them in their 1997 Treaty Settlement.
On the basis that they are unable to exercise the traditional food-gathering rights promised in their Treaty Settlement, they are demanding the authority to determine how freshwater in their area is allocated, used and managed.
If they succeed, tribal control of water would become a stranglehold on business and the country as a whole, leading to lucrative royalties on all water use and priority allocations for Maori.
If Ngai Tahu loses in the High Court, they intend appealing all the way to the Supreme Court, where they will most likely win.
Their success would pave the way for tribal control of freshwater across the whole of New Zealand.
How can it possibly be in the country’s best interest that a resource responsible for life itself, could be allowed to fall under the totalitarian control of tribal leaders?
And the answer is it’s not, with the Crown mounting a vigorous defence, accusing the tribe of attempting to usurp existing laws and Parliamentary sovereignty by “cooking up” the claim as a “legal strategy”, suggesting “the tribe’s motivation was greed”, and dismissing the claim as legally irrelevant.
None of this, however, is likely to stop the Ngai Tahu juggernaut’s drive to victory in the Supreme Court.
If that occurs, the only thing that would stand in their way is Parliament – but only if the Coalition steps up and legislates to ensure that freshwater cannot fall under the control of self-interested private groups.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator former journalist and author Mike Butler has been analysing the Coalition’s proposed Treaty-related reforms and believes they don’t go nearly far enough:
“Proposed Treaty of Waitangi-related work by the Coalition Government includes:
- a review of treaty clauses in 28 laws
- a law change ‘to refocus the scope, purpose, and nature of the Waitangi Tribunal’s inquiries back to the original intent of the Treaty of Waitangi Act’
- decisions on where to next for the Marine and Coastal Area Act after a 2024 Supreme Court decision to ease concerns about a tribal takeover of the entire coast.”
On the review of Treaty clauses, Mike concludes “little is likely to change”, and with regards to the Waitangi Tribunal, he says: “The best sort of review is to abolish it… The Waitangi Tribunal has long passed its use-by date if in fact it ever had a justifiable purpose.”
When it comes to dealing with the tribal takeover of the coast, he suggests, “The best review of the Marine and Coastal Area Act is repeal and replacement with a simple Act that affirms common law under which all the people of New Zealand own the foreshore, seabed, and riverbeds.”
We couldn’t agree more.
The reality New Zealanders face is that the full-scale attempt by tribal groups to seize control of the country’s coastline through the Courts will succeed if the ‘captured’ Supreme Court remains the final arbiter.
This unconscionable state of affairs represents a complete betrayal of the New Zealand public.
Back in 2011, National’s then Attorney General Chris Finlayson promised New Zealanders that his Marine and Coastal Area Act law change would result in only a minority of remote areas of the coast being transferred to Maori.
But his inclusion of “tikanga” in that law, combined with the activism of the Courts, has resulted in the situation we are now in, where the entire coastline of New Zealand is likely to pass into tribal control.
Once it became clear that the Courts were finding in favour of virtually all tribal claims, instead of a select few, the Coalition stepped in to strengthen the Marine and Coastal Area Act so it would deliver what Parliament intended. They wanted their Amendment Bill passed by Christmas.
But the Supreme Court had other ideas. Their political activism was exposed for all to see, when Justice Joe Williams and his colleagues rushed out a partial judgement designed to stop the law change going ahead. By declaring that “tikanga” should over-ride all other considerations in determining claims under the Marine and Coastal Area Act, they effectively guaranteed tribal control of the coast.
Instead of quashing the Supreme Court’s foolhardy ruling and passing their Amendment Bill as planned, the Coalition put a halt to their law change while they sought advice from Crown Law.
Four months have now passed and the fact that there have been no new developments leads to the conclusion that the Supreme Court has been successful in derailing Parliament’s attempt to raise the bar on Customary Marine Title claims.
As a result of the delay, another six Customary Marine Titles have now been awarded, and with hundreds more claims in the pipeline, the wholesale transfer of the coast to Maori is once again underway.
At this time of major geopolitical unrest, it is intolerable that the Coalition is allowing the Courts to pass control of the coast to Maori.
With Chinese warships patrolling our waters control of the foreshore and seabed has become a national security issue – as an analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies explains:
“China’s recent live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea and the appearance of People’s Liberation Army Navy ships 150 nautical miles east of Sydney in February 2025 have highlighted Beijing’s military interests in the Pacific.
“It’s Memorandum of Understanding with Cook Islands – and its deepening relationships with Pacific Islands states more broadly – could enable China to expand its regional military presence in the future, with military and strategic consequences for regional countries and their partners and allies.
“Beijing at times obfuscates the military interests behind its international activities. For example, its contributions to global anti-piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa beginning in 2008 gradually led to submarine deployments to the Indian Ocean and the opening of an overseas military base in Djibouti in 2017. And in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, China has established a presence through its oceanographic research fleet – with dual-use implications.
“Some states in the region are therefore concerned that Chinese economic activity in the South Pacific related to deep-sea mining could be used to further its strategic and military ambitions. For example, China could make use of its access to the seabed around Cook Islands to conduct hydrography missions, which are important to military undersea operations, such as anti-submarine operations. This potential new element of China’s dual-use economic engagement in the region could confer China a novel military and strategic advantage.”
This means China’s February 15 strategic deal with the Cook Islands for those highly sought-after seabed minerals, which are contained in potato-sized nodules on the sea floor formed at high pressure over millions of years, could in fact signal their intention to establish a military base in our region.
With New Zealand having one of the largest maritime territories in the world, with vast quantities of the rare earths and other minerals that play such a crucial role in the key industries that drive technological innovation and support critical infrastructure in transportation, energy, defence, communications, and advanced manufacturing, how long will it be before China turns their attention to us?
The problem New Zealand now faces is that if the Supreme Court has their way, under section 83 (2) of the Marine and Coastal Area Act, control of those crucial seabed minerals will be transferred to Maori: “A customary marine title group has, and may exercise, ownership of minerals (other than petroleum, gold, silver, and uranium) that are within the customary marine title area of that group.”
This means that under the current law, the Courts will end up passing ownership of the country’s crucial seabed resource – and the ability to grant mineral extraction rights to the Chinese – to the hundreds of opportunistic tribal groups claiming Customary Marine Title to our beaches and Territorial Sea.
At this time of rising geopolitical tension, with critical seabed minerals now synonymous with national security, transferring control of New Zealand’s foreshore and seabed to private tribal groups, is no longer in the public interest.
During periods of instability, Governments need to prioritise national security – just as the British have done in nationalising their steel mill and Helen Clark did in 2004 to safeguard our coast from the reckless self-interest of Maori tribal groups.
The Coalition needs to urgently follow their lead.
In the interest of national security, the country’s coastal marine area needs to be nationalised in the public interest by repealing the Marine and Coastal Area Act, cancelling the claims, and restoring the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act, so New Zealand’s coastline and Territorial Sea will be owned and controlled by the Crown on behalf of all New Zealanders.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Should the Coalition Government replace the Marine and Coastal Area Act with the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act to restore Crown ownership of New Zealand’s coastal marine area in the interests of national security?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| The coalition needs to get some balls before they lose all the support of their voters. | luciane |
| Needs to be done…..URGENT! tHE Coalition needs to show the looney, GREEN, TPM and LABOUR opposition that they will follow thru, to take this country back from the Terrorist Bandit Gang that are trying to destroy DEMOCRACY and FREEDOM in N.Z! | David |
| Asap | Fletcher |
| New Zealand’s coalition government have a duty to protect us all, restore to the crown immediately 2004 F and S Act – please use wisdom now | Christina |
| It is imperative that NZ counteracts the danger of Chinese incursion. The future of our country depends on the foreshore and seabed being restored to Crown ownership. | Lynne |
| The enjoyment of the seaboard and beaches must belong to all the citizens of NZ. It must be protected from foreign exploitation and harm plus be a security barrier for the nation. | John |
| It is sooooooo obvious. Why can’t Govt.do it???? | colin |
| This maori rubbish must be stopped now, if our so called leaders don’t quash it our country New Zealand will be lost forever. | StevoC |
| NZ continues at pace down the path of becoming a fractured, tribal society. | Gary |
| It will be a TRAVESTY of Justice if this does not happen. New Zealand will be shut down. | Gregor |
| Sadly… this country..NZ. has been SOLD TO A GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ROBBER BARONS.. AN ‘INSIDE JOB’ By the TRAITORS that infest the bought and paid for BUIDING ON THE HILL, NEAR BOWEN ST, WELLINGTON, NO NEED TO REFER TO THE TRAITORS THAT WORK FOR THE ROBBER BARON GANG! NEEDS TO BE A HUGE POLICE INVESTIGATION OF THE DEEP CORRUPTION! WE ALL KNOW, WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE WILL BE. | David |
| Now, don’t wait | Sandra |
| The Foreshore & Seabed is owned by all Kiwi’s, so yes it should be back under Crown ownership | John |
| only decent thing that helen clarke did but when key got in thats it the country goes down the s**t hole and now with luxon in charge we have gone beyond the s bend, I have ny doubts if either Winstone or Seymour could do anything before the next election so we will all have to move overseas so when we want to go to a beach for a swim we wont have to pay a bunch of corrupt hori to do it as they plan to do with our fresh water, this civil war is getting closer every day | Richard |
| Urgently!! | Caroline |
| Hell yes. | Fraser |
| If this is not done, we will have to pay to walk on the beach or go fishing. | Mark |
| It beggars belief… that the Coalition, has not acted for the PEOPLES’ INTEREST. So… WHAT IS TO BE DONE? where to from here….? What do we the PEOPLE DO NOW are we going to just Put up, with a weak as dishwater.YES MAN P.M COWARD? IS THIS WHAT WE VOTED FOR..? I think the answer must be YEAH NAH…! NO. | David |
| There is no place for ‘special’ people in a democracy. We are all one people under law and thats the way it should stay. Anything other than this would prove both complex and a slap in the face for NZ’ers who are non Maori. One rule, one country, one govermnent. The suggestions by Maori are pure fantasy in this day and age. | John |
| So, the odious Chris Finlayson is responsible for all of National’s malicious, mad, maorification manipulations. That figures but what is his sickness? | Monica |
| The sooner the better, we all own the seabed. it should belong to the crown. We are all New Zealanders. | Ross |
| Absolutely Crown ownership | Claire |
| Absolutely | Patrick |
| Do it immediately Luxon. He is suck a weak PM | Rick |
| Yes absolutely, this is an extremely important area of national significance. to New Zealand and New Zealanders. To allow ownership of the area to a group of people based on ancestry would have to be a governments biggest own goal. This area must be owned by the crown on behalf of all New Zealanders… so yes, reinstate the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act. | Rob |
| With urgency | Ann |
| Yes absolutely restore the 2004 act. Probably the only thing I ever agreed with H Clark on. Foreshaw and Seabed must in the interest of national security if not plain fairness be retained in Crown control in perpetuity. The act must be set up so that corrupted courts and activist judges cannot hijack it again and while we’re at it for the sake of the country, ditch the waitangi tribunal. It’s far outlived it’s usefulness if it ever was useful at all | Flip |
| The government have become weak on this issue They seem to be afraid of upsetting the Maori hierarchy’s steam rolling ,arrogant actions | Murray |
| If the wrong government is elected, too much damage can be done under a longer term | Paula |
| It is most urgent!! | Willam |
| Immediately | Chris |
| All of our resources belong to everyone who lives in NZ | Paula |
| Of course. Not only in the interests of national security but also as a matter of fairness to all NZ citizens whose right it is to access our coastline with one governing body regulating what needs to be regulated together with appropriate enforcement. The alternative will be a number of adhoc, unprofessional, self interested bodies excluding all New Zealanders at their whim for their own gain. LOTS OF VERY DISGRUNTLED VOTERS. | Gary |
| When will our Government show itself as the law maker controlling New Zealand. How can it allow the Supreme Court to make decisions that are against the interest of all Kiwis. This nonsense has gone way too far. The Treaty is dead. Bury it now. Remove the Maori seats from Parliament. It should have been done when the vote was changed to MMP. Wake up the IRD to make it tax the Maori Tribes. They are a major business not a charity. If they paid their taxes as the rest of NZ businesses do, NZ would not be in the financial strife, borrowing huge sums of money to balance the books as we are doing at present. | CHRIS |
| Under urgency, it is essential for reinstatement of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act cancelling claims and nationalising the coastal marine marine area in the public interest. Maori activists including Supreme Court Judges and Waitangi Tribunal are out of control and seek to usurp democratic rights for all NZers. | Peter |
| Why was it ever changed? Did we have a Referendum? | Denis |
| Government is asleep at the wheel | Geoffrey |
| This current government must wake up to the threats, both internal and external, that exist. The crown must prevail!!! | Martyn |
| We New Zealanders have the opportunity to do the correct thing. That is, we have to stop this fanciful notion drawn from the state of severe disillusionment that we the general New Zealand public owe any special entitlements to any specific ethnic centric group. Surely we want our country to be a well run harmonious state that we all can be proud off. A place that we would rather be, than in any other part of the world. It’s way beyond the time that we all grew up, developed a backbone to get us back on track. It’s a fight we cannot afford to lose. We need to rid ourselves of our soft underbelly and to toughen up to say No. | Garry. |
| This must happen immediately before too much is lost | Roy |
| Thank the traitorous Finlayson for this dreadful change. It should never have been taken out of Crown ownership!! | Tony |
| It belongs to all New Zealanders | Nev |
| Crucial | Murray |
| Do it NOW. Also time to refresh the legislation that covers TREASON and start Jailing the National Crims that brought this disaster forward. | Noel |
| Definitely yes | Kylie |
| Yes as a matter of urgency. | Ann |
| and quickly | Dave |
| 100% | Laraine |
| Water belongs to all New Zealanders | Muriel |
| This is a no-brainer tribalism has no place in NZ | Norman |
| Coastal and seabed should be public , open to all for enjoyment with governance held by parliament | Anne |
| There doesn’t seem to be any politician with guts to sort this mess out. | Bob |
| .YES, Why is our coalition govt waiting? By doing nothing they appear to condone whats happening under their very noses. And now Findlayson is representing the steal of all fresh water to nga tahu in the whole of the south island through are corupt courts. Surely this is a conflict of interest seeing how he changed laws to assist maori in their takeover. We are a basket case for the world watching to see how it all turns out. Watch Matt Walsh from USA if you need proof. | Kevan |
| Is National too stupid to see what is happening to New Zealand? Luxon and his puppets need to go. They’re not getting my vote again. Stupidity reigns supreme in NZ. Drain the swamp now before its too late. . | Koreen |
| The Coalition must pass legistration to go back to The seabed and rivers must belong to all New Zealand not Maori tribes which is what maori are trying to get | Ian |
| It beggars belief that the Coalition Government hasn’t acted in the interests of all NZers. Conclusion: Luxon supports this Activism, and National is allowing this to happen. Luxon did NOT rule out Co-governance of Resources. Here, it’s worse – ownership and its subsequent value are being divided up by Race. | Glenn |
| YES ABSOLUTELY!!! THIS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO FALL INTO MAORI HANDS OR WE WILL BE FOREVER PAYING OUT YES! ABSOLUTELY! TOMORROW IF POSSIBLE! | Sylvia |
| Yes bring back the foreshore and seabed act, it was the only proper thing Helen Clark did as PM | Jeffrey |
| yes. and in the interests of ongoing fairness and equity to all New Zealanders.The ignorance of young people is astounding! IT IS OK TO BE WHITE! | bruce |
| Yes, buy unfortunately trust in the present Government has ‘done a dive’ as well so it seems to me (because I can’t see this present government doing anything in this direction to restore New Zealand ! Why doesn’t some one ask PM Luxon to put in writing for NZ to read (cos his words are so soft and slushy) as he hasn’t followed the vital promises he made pre election to voters who he has now misled – e.g. on health, education and racism to start with!! | Syuiart |
| Yes and no. Yes there is no question in my mind that the seabed and foreshore needs to be owned by the nation, not any group or groups, however this does not strike me as a security issue, as if it came to that the Government could easily intervene. | Ron |
| Pronto!! Coalition a worry!! | Ray |
| Absolutely | William |
| If Maori own our fore shore and beaches, therebe more than the Chinese to fear. New Zealanders will finally be fully awoke, New Zealanders will be engaged in its own civil war. | Geoff |
| keep things simple, keep things for all people who should be equal. | Paula |
| yes,keep land and water for all New Zealanders, irrespective of race. | Gerard |
| seabed , foreshore, and river beds must be owned by all NZ’ers and not select trible groups. | Noel |
| YES. It’s pass time that this coalition started to stand up and do the things that the public of this country voted them in to do, grow a part and get cracking. | COLIN |
| With it seems little hope of winning through the courts, and reluctance by this govt. to act strongly and decisively,a return to Helen Clarks act seems sensible. | Peter |
| Yes only way to protect national interest | Graham |
| Yes,Yes,absolutely.it is urgent that this matter be put to bed.Mr luxon stop procrastinating as the problem will not go away,your credibility is on the line and your future as coalition leader is on the line. | gale |
| It is vital that New Zealand’s coastline and territorial sea be owned and controlled by the Crown on behalf of all New Zealander’s. | Helen |
| The Sky, Sun, Water, Sea and Earth were all here a long time before any human was. No one, no human has the right to own any of these. We are all here as guests of Mother Earth. Unfortunately a very small number of people do not know how to respect the sovereignty of the Earth nor of each other. As long as some people believe their race is better than yours we are all doomed to suffer. | Alan |
| Needs Urgent Attention | leo |
| asap | Michael |
| Urgently with absolute determination | Tony |
| No one owns the NZ coastline or for that matter NZ fresh water. Maori are stretching their arm to far all for greed by the top hierarchy level. | Wayne |
| It should never have been changed or messed with. | Wayne |
| Before its too late | Greg |
| We must make sure foreshore and seabed remains in Crown ownership for security In our country . | Janet |
| Definitely, and without any delay. | Bruce |
| absolutely | Mike |
| Definitely. I would hate to see our fishing interests sold off overseas | Steve |
| The sooner the Better. Take away the Part Maori Activist Trogen Horse. The Marine, Costal and Seabed belong to the entire Population of NEW ZEALAND !! | Geoff |
| Probably the best thing Helen Clark ever did. Bring it back. It’s all still there so is easy to bring back. | Andrew |
| I agree with the need to repeal this Maori created act and must restore Crown Ownership | Ian |
| Maori are besotted with greed and if they had their way, would demand ownership of our beloved country, New Zealand. | Rob |
| Coastline and sea bed must be protected at all coast and the treaty rule of equal rights must be upheld and no special rights given on race based claims. | Don |
| When will all of this nonsense stop? National has let us down big time. | Faye |
| These belonged to New Zealand as a whole and should never have been surrendered to tribal “ownership” | Peter |
| NO! The simple reason is that you cannot trust them.For instance;This coalition said they would get rid of the maorification of NZ,so far failed,they would get rid of Maori seats,so far failed,they would fix the health system, get 500 more police etc,so far failed. Why would we trust them on a 4 year stint,no,not ever. | Peter |
| Thats a very big YES. | Ian |
| 4 years would be more practical BUT, with an “Arden like mob of nitwits”, 4 months is too long. And who knows when they will likely appear again. Luxon is not standing up for the principles he was elected on, so, NO | Don |
| Forget National security , stop the greedy self serving maori parasites . I understand the Tea Party now want early retirement for all maoris ,what a joke . They dont do enough to be tired . | Ray |
| The seabed belongs to the nation | Tony |
| But luxon has,nt the balls & spine so EVERYONE email Winston as he actually sticks up for NZealanders & also email Chris Bishop.I,m ONLY hoping someone wakes up to these MILLIONAIRE iwi who DONT care about anyone but making money for themselves.Just look at ordinary maoris they could live in warm insulated houses & their children could have proper shoes to go to school but NO iwi helps ordinary maoris so a poster should be sent to ordinary maori & point this out & there should be NO MAORIS seats in parliament as was suggested & ignored. | Cindy |
| NO… what the COALITION should do, is force legislation, by ACT OF WRIT, IN PARLIAMENT, and return the STOLEN LAND AND COASTLINE TO THE TRUE OWNERS: THE PEOPLE OF N.Z!! VIA THE CROWN, THEN THE PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHO ‘THE CROWN IS’ | David |
| Absolutely | Teresa |
| Coalition should act immediately back to 2004 without hesitation That all NEW ZEALANDERS have equal rights. | Michael Andrew . |
| Absolutely – this was one of Key’s major errors – probably provoked by the traitor Findlayson | Gerry |
| Definitely | Denis |
| It is vital the government controls the foreshore and seabed for ALL NZers. Corrupt tribes cannot be trusted with resources on the seabed and will likely sell them off to the highest bidder or best deal, likely from China. This will make 19th century deals for muskets, beads and blankets look good. | John |
| Do this and quickly. | Robert |
| YES,ASAP. Then get stuck in to the mainstream media criminals and the rest of the 5th columnists . NZ needs strong leadership. W Churchill on the 4th June 1940 said. Parliament has given us the powers to put down 5th column activities with a strong hand and we shall use those powers, subject to the supervision and correction of the house , without the slightest hesitation until we are satisfied , and more than satisfied that this malignancy in our midst has been effectively stamped out. Mainstream media criminals , bureaucrats and maori radicals among others are intent on destroying the nation from within. We must stand up and fight ,push back with whatever is within our power to do or all will be lost. | Glyn J |
| It’s a necessity if NZ is not to be taken over by Maori radicals | Jan |
| Crown ownership for the public good. Repeal the CMAA. | Preston |
| This is just so obvious. And it should go further than that! | Marla |
| yes it must be done straight away in it’s entirety, harde to beleive the coalition did not do this a year ago | Nigel |
| The sooner the better | Terry |
| One New Zealand, one people, one language, and I don’t mean one based on mythical, stone age B.S. | Russell |
| There is nothing special about a person identifying as a maori!!!! | sam |
| Absolutely. All theses tooing and frowing shenanigns should be stopped, the Waitangi Tribunal abolished, and the seabed and water returned to all New Zealanders without doubt. | Robyn |
| NZ needs a full on referendum to once and for all get rid of the Treaty of Waitangi….it’s holding NZ back from growing to be the once great nation it was. | Richard |
| We are one nation | Andrew |
| Development of the foreshore and seabed cannot happen whilst there is the uncertainty around ownership and control of those assets. These are national assets and no entity should have any claim whatsoever and it should be final! Shame on those greedy enough to lay claim on what should be rightfully shared by ALL New Zealanders. | Martin |
| Absolute no brainer – we just need a brain or two in the coalition to have the courage to do what is necessary and right for ALL the people of NZ | Doug |
| Absolutely | Laurel |
| Now with the black pope dead who believed in the new world order and the WEF, as does a number of our elected wise people, things may change. | sven |
| Urgently | Tony |
| Absolutely, it must. The tribes have shown that they have unfathomable greed and would give away our national security for next to nothing. | Derek |
| Absolutely… No doubt about it at all.. | Julie |
| The Government needs to get its act together and stop this nonsense asap | James |
| Without fail | Hone |
| This is such a transparent, greedy bid for control it should never have even appeared again. | Pauline |
| Absolutely – but it won’t happen under Luxton. | davidf |
| Absolutely and with urgency. Parliament should overrule the courts decisions and act to rescind the Coastal and Marine Act and reinstate the Foreshore and Seabed Act. They should also cancel all claims for customary title to the foreshore and seabed | terrence |
| With Luxon as Prime Minister I see no hope that on behalf of all New Zealanders our foreshore and sea bed and water will be protected from exploitation by radical maori. He is a weak leader presiding over a weak party ill prepared to do what is right for the countries citizens. | Rod |
| Of course they should I’m over it I’m about to sell up and leave this god forsaken country as the coalition government has not done many of the promised thinks they we’re going to do except Act Luxton beads to go | Peter |
| These rare earth minerals could be to New Zealand’s political and financial advantage | Neville |
| Of course “Crown Ownership” of the foreshore and seabed must be restored. This potential for “gravy train” has gone on for far too long. I have firdt hand knowledge of the contempt and greed show by the tribes, and how nthey have been “playing the system” to suck the tax payer dry. And the assistance they have had in the past by the traitor Finlayson is still enduring. just as a side, that prick Findlayson is in the South Island helping the isatiable IWI wreak havoc. | Neil |
| common sense please, every one has equal rights & access. | Chris |
| Crown ownership is better than any alternative. | Patricia |
| Put it back to how it was, by an act of parliament, if necessary. If maori interests secure the coastline for themselves, we are all stuffed | Trevor |
| Necessary for continued sane government | Pauline |
| Yes as soon as POSSIBLE | Rob |
| Yes and the sooner the better. This present Government are a bunch of clowns. They need t wake up their ideas | Rob |
| Hardly needs justifying, every New Zealander should own foreshore & seabed, not one racial group. | Don |
| Yes for once Helen Clark made a decision which was wise and sensible and foresaw deep.trpuble ahead for NZ if it became TOW issue. | Rosemary |
| The NZ coastline comprising of foreshore and seabed must be owned and controlled by the state on behalf of all New Zealanders | Stephen |
| Otherwise civil war will break out | Derek |
| It needs to be a priority. Maori goings on are getting out of hand and the Govt are losing control | Barbara |
| Quickly | Clark |
| It belongs to all Nz ers. | steph |
| asap, if the courage exists | alec |
| A very definite YES! Hopefully, this will stop any potential threats to our country’s ability to provide the necessary minerals for use of the people, and to stop the current unadulterated GREED that is raping our country and it’s resources. | Heather |
| About time | Sheryl |
| Without question | Neville |
| Its the only sensible thing to do. | Brian |
| We are doomed if the coalition cannot grow a pair and stop this from happening | Rod |
| If this timid National led government does not restore Crown ownership of New Zealand%u2019s coastal marine area during this parliamentary term, we are destined for either a civil war or a drastic increase in the numbers emigrating leaving behind a third world ethno-state. | John |
| Water is a natural resource and should not be owned/controlled by one group other than the government | Alec |
| Absolutely !!!!! The Crown should own ALL foreshore and seabeds wheverer the hell they are. NO Iwi involvement. | Alan |
| Beaches and coastal areas should belong to everyone in New Zealand. | Kent |
| In the interests of unambiguous clarity and in the absence of any superior plan for the coast and seabed then reinstate the 2004 Act. I am no fan of Helen Clark, but, her Government got this piece of legislation right. John Key was clearly manipulated by Sharples and co to replace the 2004 Act with inferior legislation which, purposely or not, has opened the flood gates for the trough feeders. | Francis |
| no. End tikanga in the supreme court and end the waitangi tribunal’s ability to consider claims on our coastlines. | Nikki |
| of course, I’m so tired of hearing in random media – weekly, that certain maoris are constantly trying to take NZ assets ! | Mike |
| We should be one people, we are all New Zealanders | Helen |
| TOTAL common sense here BEFORE our wonderful Country is totally buggered by the greedy Racists who are intent on their selfish wants. | Brian |
| THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE IF THE RADICALS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE CONTROL THEY WILL RAPE THE SEA AND NO EUROPEANS WON’T BE ALLOWED ON THE BEACHES | Colleen |
| Or with something better | G |
| A no brainer | Richard |
| Stop this rubbish | Mike |
| This needs to happen. | Ernest |
| Absolutely no way can the Maori take control of the coastline, they will charge extortionately high fees for almost anything. If you sit on the beach you will be charged, if you swim in the sea or fish you will be charged. Intolerable. . | Laura |
| And while they are at it pass legislation to prevent anyone from owning water as is the current Ngai Tahu claim. | Kevin |
| The coalition lead by Luxon is a gutless wonder. Running scared of the Maori influence in Parliament and not giving a toss about the future of the anyone else. National have burnt their boats with their traditional constituents, and effectively trashed ant future arrangement with their support partners. | Keith |
| Vitally important to start reining in the growing number of Maori claims in many parts of NZ society. | William |
| Yes Defiantly, our idiot politicians made a serious error a few years ago. | William Clive |
| The Foreshore and Seabed should be in the ownership of the Crown not a varied number of ethnic clans. Fluffing around appeasing Joe Williams and his judicial colleagues who are not acting in the national interest as I see it, is not a satisfactory way to proceed. | Peter |
| It’s a disgrace that the claim was even allowed | Lindsay |
| If they get control of he water, charge them for the use of the infrastructure that their water uses, and any damage it causes through weather events and flooding | James |
| The foreshore belongs to all New Zealanders. | Gordon |
| There is absolutely no other common sense answer in the interests of the whole of NZ | Russ |
| Or, if not that, newly drafted law specifically designed to permanently fix the ownership of our foreshore in Crown/Public hands. No individual or group has a moral claim to this area. | Murray |
| Should never have been changed. | Ranald |
| The water belongs to everyone. Ngai Tahu sold 92% of their land and should therefore have no say in the management of the fore shore and seabed. | Carol |
| Naturally for ALL New Zealanders. What the hell is wrong with National and partners? | Ian |
| abso bloody lutely | john |
| ASAP | Vic |
| Every New Zealander is equally entitled to ownership of the seabed & foreshore | Maxine |
| Absolutely and ASAP!! | Frank |
| ASAP!!! | Neville |
| Maori is ill defined and should have no greater rights than anybody else | chris |
| Its a no brainer. The coalition promised this would be put right,. Why has it not done so? | Graeme |
| Just do it. | Heather |
| Absolutely they should, and Now! | Gail |
| Of course, but stupid they have not done it yet. | Scott |
| Yes they definately should | Barbara |
| The sea bed and all that goes with it must always be in all the publics name | Cookie |
| The present Govt is TIMID when it comes to Maori and if they don’t sort themselves out they can forget a second term | Geoff |
| We cannot allow the corrupt tribal interests to have what rightly belongs to ALL New Zealanders. | Jenny |
| Air NZ and Qantas won’t have sufficient aircraft to carry70-80% of the population to Australia on a one-way ticket if the woosy coalition leader stuffs this again | kevin |
| By referendum. Also enclose a Yes or No for the TPB. | jo |
| Yes please. The whole thing is tirning into a nightmare and needs to be put back into the control of all N Z ers | Michael |
| Urgently | Anne |
| This should never have been allowed to happen. Pandering to the Maori elite will cost our population their wellbeing and ultimately their lives. | Dennis |
| This country needs to avoid Robert Mugabe governance as a consequence of potential tribal hegemony. What Mr Mugabe enforced in Zimbabwe lead to a dystopian nightmare. | Eileen |
| With no doubt and no time to waste now. Too much dithering is going to cost NZ dearly. | Margaret |
| Who runs the country? Who runs the National Party? | Peter |
| It should never have been touched by National, under Key. | DAVID |
| Yes indeed. But to get this show on the road it will require courageous people with a lot of guts to weed out all these political landmines in all Government departments and that includes all these lickspittles from the Govt General down through to the High Court activist judges. In short : Nothing short of a revolution has to happen to stop that runaway train. Ordinary folks out there have not a clue what is brewing and the majority would not even wake up if their butt was on fire. So far National and NZ First have totally failed to even support Seymour’s Treaty bill which would have been a good start. I truly dread New Zealand’s future if we are not getting any leaders growing some serious cojones and do what is right. | Michael |
| Absolutely. The removal of Crown ownership in the first place was a recipe for disaster and slow takeover. | Hugh |
| It should be the Govt’s No 1 priority | Morrin |
| Please do it before the next Election | Judith |
| At the same time replace or cancel the supreme Court | Terry |
| To do otherwise would be disastrous. | Ian |
| Is Christopher Finlayson guilty of treason for handing assets away from the crown ? Should he face the know punishment for that ? | Trevor |
| Absolutely – it’s a no brainer | Neville |
| 100% | Linda |
| BUT the Coalition appears to be reluctant to face up to Maori | Frank |
| Should NEVER have been changed to start with! | Graham |
| The divisive madness has to stop. Give it to Winston – he’ll sort it out – once and for all. | Rob |
| Nobody ‘ owns’ the water, the sky or the oceans of the world. Various peoples have used them over time, for Millenia, during their occupation of their given area or realm. But it was all here before all of us and will be long after we are gone. The fact that we can try to argue anything different signals our arrogance and idiocy! | Aj |
| COME ON NATIONAL, SHOW ALL US KIWIS THAT WE DID THE RIGHT THING BY VOTING YOU TO LEAD NEW ZEALAND | William |
| It must be done straight away | David |
| Urgency is required | Howard |
| Everything is getting beyond the joke. Twisted and corrupted. | Gaynor |
| Yes asap. Not only only just for off shore security but to put the entire coastline back into the publics name.I am disgusted with National for allowing this to happen. Looking back over the past 30 to 50 years we see how Labour and National have craven given our wonderful country back to these unscrupulous maori elite, bit by bit. Are they so bloody dumb not to see what their long term game was. What is taking them so long to revert back, to the original act that Helen Clarke put in?( about the only decent thing she did) No wonder so many are deserting the National party. Someone in the background is obviously telling Luxflake what to do. Finlayson should be prosecuted for treason and the prick is still at it working for ngai tahu. Must be getting well paid ??? No shame or conscious. | Peter |
| ASAP to restore fairness and protection to all NZers. Again, “iwi” = “I want it”. | Laurence |
| Of course and with urgency in the National Interest of all NZ citizens in the face of out of control elite Maori greed and shameless and selfish activism. | Greg |
| all resources – seabed, foreshore, water, air, national parks and conservation areas should be in the public domain and available to all New Zealanders | |
| If this is not enacted NZ will become another Zimbabwe & the demise of democracy in NZ as we know it. Sadly even under a National led coalition Maorification of NZ rolls on through our entire Education system government depts hospitals & unelected Maori to Councils. If this does happen the Exodus of NZ best & brightest will be its demise. | Derek |
| unbelievable that still no action against current rulings | john |
| This is urgent. | Yvonne |
| Absolutely. the Foreshore & Seabed act was probably the only god thing to come out of Helen Clarks govt. | Dave |
| The coastline belongs to all NZ not just Maori | laurine |
| To do anything else would be unconscionable. | Geoff |
| Any alternative would be impossible to explain. So when do we stop playing the impossible game – it’s getting tiresome. | Maurice |
| There’s enough division in this country at present. This would be the nail in the coffin. Aside from the national security aspect, all lakes, rivers and coastline should be accessible to all Kiwis despite racial heritage. | Grant |
| The Water & Coast is for ALL of us &so is democracy One for all | Mick |
| Why can’t we all play nicely together as New Zealanders (kiwis) Stop the “gimmee,gimmee | kabe |
| NZ coastline belongs to all New Zealanders and controlled by Parliament. NOT OUR CURRENT SUPREME COURT. | mike |
| Ownership for all NZealanders Parliament needs to get rid of Tribal Agendas | Brenda |
| For all New Zealanders,absolutely. | Ann |
| It is in the wider public interest | Ian |
| The area belongs. To all New Zealanders unequivically | Bryan |
| It’s about time the Coalition woke up before it’s too late | Tony |
| Even Labour, who passed this bill originally, realised the danger of the maoris ‘owing’ the coast and off-shore. | Ann |
| Tribes will do deals with Chinese – that is what comes next. | Bob |
| The beaches rivers and all water should be owned by every nz citizen.Maori are no different to the English etc. we all came from somewhere else and took over from those that were here!! | Lyn |
| Absolutely YES. and btw, Why does Ngai Tahu pay NO TAX? | Valerie |
| Act now because maori demands will never cease. Just like they offer no solutions towards our current issues. Only self greed and more greed. | mike |
| Foreshore and seabed are the property of all New Zealanders. | Linton |
| Of course . Doing otherwise is suicidal idiocy | Leonard |
| It’s a no brainer! | Craig |
| We are SO sick of the APARTHEID that plagues NZ. It’s time we took the APARTHEID issue to the international stage so that countries (ironically like the old NZ) that disagree with APARTHEID can ostracize NZ the way they did South Africa back in the bad old days. | Geoffrey |
| With urgency. | Phil |
| Parliament should have told the Supreme Court to butt out of making the law and keep to administrating it. Unfortunately the Key government and now the Luxon government, have proven that they don’t have the spine when it comes to the Maori elite and activists. | Hugh |
| As soon as possible !! | Geoffrey |
| Too right. Today, please. | Janet |
| The coast and seabed belongs to all NZers | Kerry |
| Absobloodylutly, it is what we voted for for Christ sake!!!!!!!! | Kevin |
| Yes but Luxon wont have the courage to challenge his Maori mates | peter |
| YES | RICHard |
| Of course! | Sue |
| It must do this urgently to stop the rot!! | Jim |
| Helen Clarke for all her faults, actually got this one right | Bruce |
| Should also bring back edge of rivers etc public land. | Peter |
| Absolutely it should. The march of tribalism needs to be halted but its clear those we have entrusted to have the fortitude and resolve to put this in place are missing in (in)action while others are now batting for the other side. | Geoff |
| Definitely. Should have been done years ago or at least when the Coalition Government was voted in. | Lee |
| Absolutely. I absolutely agree that the the Coalition should repeal the Marine and Coastal Areas Act and replace it with the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act to restore Crown ownership of the coast in the interests of national security and for the benefit of all New Zealand citizens equally . | Hugh |
| For sure, there’s no place for tribal control of this resource. | John |
| Tribalism is usurping NZ National Assets left right and centre and it is time this is stopped and reversed. | Douglas |
| It looks pretty obvious now that Chris Findlayson stitched us up when he was the Attorney General. The amount of damage this guy has done and is still doing is only becoming apparent now. | Judy |
| ASAP | eddie |
| Yes, for sure, no individual or group should own beaches. | Kate |
| Absolutely vital! | King |
| Totally | Peter |
| Absolutely critical for our national security | Warren |
| Luxon has now publicly stated they are moving forward in partnership with Maori, so he will spike any moves to place control of the foreshore and seabed in the national interests. It seems inevitable that this is the direction our country is now heading in. | Lawrie |
| plus abolish the treaty as it is not for n z its only for maoire the way it has been change and misinterpreted, when maori judjes whear a full maori cloak when on the bench beware they do not give a stuff about n z only maoari | natalya |
| All claims from maori should be stopped , as they are thinking of new ways to make more claims everyday, If anything they should be paying the Europeans for getting them out of the stone age where they were | Colin |
| This is a MUST ! | Hylton |
| Yes it should but I seriously doubt that National has the balls to even go near that topic. They still seem to think that being liked by people who are clearly not their friend is the most important thing. | Roger |
| our p m does not have the balls to do what he knows is best for n z he would rather be on the maori side and get $rewards when the term finishes like asider then abandon ship | adrian |
| the coalition govt has no guts to do it. They are the greatest disappointment | Brett |
| This MUST BE DONE as soon as possible. What is wrong with the Coalition that they are delaying this! | Colin |
| Sure!!! | Murray |
| Needed to protect this asset for the future | Julie |
| Absolutely | Bruce |
| I wish this problem could be sorted out with URGENCY, or I fear it will be too late to stop ALL our coastline being nabbed by Maori | Sylvia |
| Best for all of NZ | Gary |
| When will this race based nonsense end. Maori have enough as they should be thankful for colonialism . | Steve |
| free access for all New Zealanders | John |
| civil war and apartheid is coming if Maori get there way with this. this government has to step up to the mark before its to late. | Barry |
| Definitely! Divvying up our beaches to Maori tribal groups is absolutely ridiculous and must stop. | Henry |
| It is a no brainer | Murray |
| The coalition has got to act. Also it is time for a genetic % definition of what any ethnic group must have to be able to claim that ethnicity . What is wrong with having NEWZEALANDER as first choice on our election papers | Stan |
| No one owns natural resources. The govt is respknsible for protecting all. | Raymond |
| This on one of the reasons why so many people are leaving the country. Chris Luxon is too weak to do anything about it! | Chris |
| Foreshore and seabed must remain in public ownership not squabbled over by the primitive tribes. | Clive |
| The foreshore and sea bed should belong to all New Zealanders. | Jim |
| YES YES YES | Albert |
| Yes – an appropriate law needs to be reinstated to protect the long term rights of the NZ people. This facility is necessary to stop tribal and blanket claims being made on coastline assets that rightfully owned by the New Zealand Government on the behalf of all citizens. | Paul |
| One group must not have control over a national strategic asset. The Supreme Court are a dangerous body. | Grant |
| Racism what is currently going on. The court system is a scam with corrupt judges running the show | Greg |
| Yes, the coalition, especially National, seem supportive of the tribal agenda. | Giles |
| This is a matter of urgent priority before bogus tribal claims arecawarded wholesale by woke Court judgements. | Mike |
| Sian Elias did the country no Favours | John |
| This should never have amended by Nationals Finlynson who is now acting for nigtahu to claim ownership of all the south islands WATER he is crooked and the current leader in National has not got the backbone to force that the seabed and foreshore be placed back in Crown ownership. Our prime minister panders to the M%u0101ori elite. And has lost my support | Ken |
| absolutely, we should stop this hogwash in it’s tracks. We have a problem with the size of idiot Findlayson, his influence must be stopped immediately. | Sam |
| Anything less should be considered treasonous. | John |
| Immediately | colin |
| plus abolish the Waitangi Tribunal its job is finished. | Frank |
| what about the rivers | noel |
| YES and beware of the enemy within. GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND! | Bruce |
| Most important bill to ever be assented to. Individual tribal greed has no place controlling the coast line. | Karen |
| Is this Act bullet proof enough to protect future challenges | Nick |
| ANYTHING to undo Maori activism.. | Gill |
| Urgently | Anthony |
| urgent action on this replacement is critical. the 2004 Act needs to be reinstated | Pete |
| Tribal rule over strategic assets must be resisted | Geoff |
| If these outrageous decisions by the courts in favour of Maori Tribal control is not stopped NZ is stuffed- | John |
| I am totally fed up with the NZ Government, no matter what party, pampering to a very small group of people who say they are helping those of Maori ethnicity when really they are simply lining their own pockets. When are we going to learn that being one people from one nation called New Zealand requires a halt to tribalism and trying to reverse historical acts that may or may not have been fair at the time. | Martin |
| But only if that has no loopholes as well. | Steve |
| MACA was yet another dishonest piece of legislation passed by John Key and grievance industry support Finlayson. Needs to be scrapped immediately and revert back to Helen Clarks 2004 act. | Chris |
| Yes, urgently | Peter |
| Urgently! | Fred |
| In fairness to all citizens of NZ it is imperative that this Maori land grab be stopped before it is too late | Murray |
| It should never have been given away in the first place. That was criminal. | Mike |
| It’s no an option to do nothing | NOEL |
| If Luxon had some guts, he would have done this by now!! | Derek |
| Thought it was safe. Keep tribes away or we’re in dire straits | Derek |
| The minority race have no more right to the coastal land than the rest of the population, as we already see happening they rape and pillage the sealife and use it to trade | Laurie |
| This Should be ONLY Owned By The New Zealander Government FOR ALL NEW ZELANDER”S | Bill |
| We can’t continually erode the LAW | Peter |
| It both national security but also unity as a nation and people. | Donald |
| Trouble is that this coalition govt doesn’t have the balls to do anything positive for the majority of voters. We are fast becoming ruled by tribal bullshit. | Elizabeth |
| Other than some maoris,who else would vote No. If New Zealand is to be a free and democratic country,the government has to,immediately make laws to ensure we remain free and democratic otherwise the so called Maori elite and radicals will not stop their race to tribal rule. If that happens, then God help us. | Peter |
| NZ has got major problems if we dont own the sea bed and fore shore | graeme |
| It should never have been taken out of crown ownership and needs to be returned. | Andrew |
| If our coast (apart from small pockets of privately owned land, of any culture) is not there for all New Zealanders, we will no longer have a functioning liberal democracy – deals could be struck with foreigners without citizens having a say. unacceptable. | Bazza |
| Crown ownership of the seabed and foreshore needs to be re-established urgently. National’s attitude to the whole issue is abysmal. Tribal entities will sell out to the Chinese very quickly. | Gavin |
| The foresore must be in Crown ownership. | Frank |
| The damage was done by Finlayson one low life unelected MP …guilty of Treason. New Zealand will forever be damaged by his actions. | Chris |
| Yes they should. Getting Luxon on board could be the stumbling block as he is actively being brainwashed by Maori tribal leaders. He has to grow a pair and stand up and treat all NZ citizens as equals. | Steve |
| Totally overdue as is the abolishing of the waitangi tribunal | Collin |
| This is a matteerz of urgency. | Ronmac |
| The Act has been nothing but trouble. | Brenton |
| This should be done immediately – if not sooner! | Ron |
| For sure. | Chris |
| Anything else that is on the table is not in our interests and will be racist based. | Mark |
| the sooner the better | john |
| Urgent, right now. | Greg |
| That crook Tamahere has already visited China. You can bet it only means disaster for 95% of NZrs. Govt must act now before maori tribes and corporations sell us out to China. Need to sack all the racist judges, probably getting back handers. Ardern and findlayson should be charged with treason. Foreshore and seabed back into Helen Clarks 100% govt owned and control. NOTHING LESS WILL DO. | Allan m |
| I am tired of unreasonable Maori activism. | George |
| Yes – with the utmost urgency! If this is allowed to continue the security of our nation will be at stake. The Marine and Foreshore belongs to all NZ’ers anyway – it is not there to be tamely handed over to a bunch of greedy, grant-grubbing, brown parasites, whose only claim to fame is the colour of their skin and their (part) ancestry. If they are successful in their racist endeavours and gain control of a vital national asset, (along with others), then we are headed for a dark future – I would not rule out civil war! So, to the coalition government I say – get it fixed – without delay! | Scott |
| Then leave it alone, untouchable by radicals | Ken |
| Most definitely. | Grahame |
| Yes because the courts have gone off the rails. If tradition is truly to be respected, then do it traditionally dressed using traditional tools and techniques and only to the extent traditionally done – ie feeding whanau and not tonnes of sale and export. | Brian |
| They are dancin g with danger if they dont. Why one wonders are the Maori so hell bent in them owning our bbeaches, seabed and on and on their demands go. | Pauline |
| we are one people | Ray |
| This kow towing to people, who quite frankly might call themselves Maori, but are really just as ordinary as the rest of us. They don’t have special knowledge or rights and therefore should be unequivocally be told to go and work for a living. Their greed and need to subjugcate everyone else is nothing short of a couple. | Cath |
| All nzers should be able to enjoy and benefit from equal access/rights to our Foreshores and seabed’s | Anne |
| Of course it should be.The traitors… that did this…we know who they are…do the bidding for their INTERNATIONAL USURPING GANG… WHY DON’T THE POLICE ARREST THEM?? IT’S CALLED THEFT!! | David |
| Yes, as of now,Finlayson should be charged with treason along with joe williams,and Tikanga expunged from all legislation. | gale |
| The Maorification of everything in NZ is appalling and all their activist activities should be repealed | Chris |
| Thank you Helen. | DOUGLAS |
| More important…. the whole of the coastal and property land act, has to be returned to KIWIS. ALL OF THE LAND AND COAST THEFT HIEST, HAS BEE GOING ON FOR YEARS, HAS BEEN SLOWLY STOLEN FROM THE PEOPLE, AND GIVEN TO THE USUAL SUSPECTS…. THE THEFT MUST STOP!! | David |
| The treaty is no longer relevant today, it is long past its use by date, SCRAP IT completely | Gareth |
| You can see why many New Zealanders are moving to Australia. They look to the future and are very fearful of what’s coming. | Peter |
| would this include the “Queens chain” for our rivers? | ingrid |
| Long before the Treaty of Waitangi was initialed in 1849, the Crown owned the foreshore and seabed. This became the case in New Zealand in 1840 when the various tribes who signed the Treaty accepted the authority and rights of the Crown. | John |
| Immediately. No more dilly dallying it can be done overnight. If Ardern could change laws overnight so can Luxon and he needs to get into gear and just do it before New Zealand is totally turned into a third world ethnocracy because they took so long to bring in laws safeguarding this countries assets from greedy money and power hungry tribal elites | Gail |
| Equality is the forefront of democracy – tribalism is set to destroy democracy!! | David |
| This is urgent!! | Marianne |
| Common sense should prevail surely// | Tom |
| The coast and seabed belongs to all New Zealanders not the tribes. | Gavin |
| It should never have been superceeded | Les |
| Yes, ASAP | David |
| Any more division will only encourage more kiwis to leave this country. This separation of our people is the saddest chapter in what was the most best and most necessary colonialisation in the history of all colonialized countries ever | Luke |
| shame will not be supported by the activist judges | Mike |
| I hope the Govt will listen and act on this. I’m not sure the PM has the county’s interest at heart when it comes to ANYTHING that may be seen as anti-Maori. | William |
| Needs to be done NOW! | Rod |
| The MACA was a disgraceful piece of legislation from the outset with its race-based funding for claimants. It needs to go. | Trevor |
| New Zealand is for all of the people that are born here and live here | Peter |
| What bs.Whats wrong with the coalition? | Evans |
| No other option is workable. | Jim |
| No brainer! | Graham |
| Urgently! | Fletcher. |
| ABSOLUTELY | Phil |
| Absolutely without a doubt. | Neil |
| Of course we should go back to the 2004 arrangement. Maori will sell out to the Chinese at the drop of a hat. It is amazing how foolish our Politicians are and don’t forget on the left of the house lye in waiting the looney Greens the Maori Party and the Socialist Labour lot who are more or less all as crazy as each other. I can’t believe I live in a country as stupid as this one is, clearly many Kiwis seem to think the left wing parties are the way to go otherwise they wouldn’t keep on being put back into power. I truly believe alot of people should have to take an IQ test before they are allowed to vote, there are that many stupid people all around. Maybe we just all need to clear off to Australia or somewhere else, what a disgraceful mess we are now in, I don’t think our prime minister will be able to help this mess he is way to frightened. | Paul |
| ASAP | Steve |
| Logical, Dear Luxon | murray |
| NZ needs Parliamentary direction on this immediately as the Courts are frankly out of control and haverepudiated democracy | Basil |
| We have been told where this corporate apartheid agenda is heading, and no voting harder is going to stop it. The only question now is, do we stay or do we go. | neil |
| What are they waiting for? Just do it. Helen Clark’s 2004 Act showed great wisdom. Between MACA and signing UNDRIP Key and Finlayson set the scene for today’s divisions. Luxon shows little appetite for restoring any kind of balance in NZ – be it racial, judicial or media balance. | Wendy |
| Crown ownership is essential for all our citizens to have freedom of access to our coastline and waters. | Pamela |
| The sound solution in the national interest – but it will not happen ( due to fear of Iwi reprisals). | mary |
| Crown ownership of the foreshore and seabed should be restored as a matter of urgency. National should never have repealed it. The whole coastal marine area is a national security area that should be totally controlled by the Government in the public interest. | Donald |
| Was Chris Finlayson working in the interests of Maori when he introduced MACA? Were the public and his National Party colleagues duped? It certainly looks like it now. | Murray |
| National’s whole law change has been a complete and utter disaster. The sooner they put it right and return the area to Crown ownership, the better! | Ian |
| Of course tribal groups would sell out to the Chinese. That’s what they are waiting for – the riches that will come from being given the coast. The whole situation is so unbelievably stupid it removes any faith at all in politicians! | Brenda |
| Why on earth has the Coalition allowed an activist Court to over-ride Parliamentary supremacy? It doesn’t make sense. Unless they have a cunning plan that hasn’t yet been revealed! | Simon |