Dear fellow New Zealanders
Your support to date has played a part in blocking the push by the Waiheke Collective/Ngati Paoa to implement an “Ahu Moana” co-governed exclusion zone around the entire Waiheke Island coastline. On behalf of future generations, thank you.
An even bigger threat has emerged which affects the entire New Zealand seabed and foreshore. This is the recent decision by Justice Churchman in the High Court to award to a group of Maori applicants a customary title over a 44 km stretch of the Bay of Plenty coastline around Opotiki from Maraetotara in the west to Te Rangi in the east, and out to the edge of the Territorial Sea. There are over 500 similar applications in the pipeline and these cover the entire NZ coastline out to the 12 km limit. Further details can be viewed here; https://www.nzcpr.com/newsletter/
Not only is it alarming that the public of New Zealand may lose control via the Crown of our coastline but this case also sets a precedent where Maori custom, or ‘Tikanga’, gains precedence over Common Law in our courts.
The purpose of this communication is to plead for your help in donating to a fund for the NZ Centre for Political Research to appeal this case. We have 20 working days to do this. Bear in mind that each Maori group involved in these applications has received around $240,000 from the taxpayer. The public opposing these claims gets nothing. I have donated $50. Please help by clicking on this link here: