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Some Northland Maori are predicting the Government's handling of the foreshore and seabed debate will create civil war.
The Government has dismissed threats that some angry Maori would occupy beaches over summer with Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen warning the Government would not allow New Zealanders to be treated like "strangers on our own shores".
Ngati Kahu runanga chairwoman and Auckland University Maori Studies professor Margaret Mutu said the Government's proposed foreshore and seabed policy does not recognise Maori customary rights.
"They (the Government) can't take the property rights off indigenous peoples," she said.
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Marc
research, research, research...
Some Northland Maori are predicting the Government's handling of the foreshore and seabed debate will create civil war.
The Government has dismissed threats that some angry Maori would occupy beaches over summer with Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen warning the Government would not allow New Zealanders to be treated like "strangers on our own shores".
Ngati Kahu runanga chairwoman and Auckland University Maori Studies professor Margaret Mutu said the Government's proposed foreshore and seabed policy does not recognise Maori customary rights.
"They (the Government) can't take the property rights off indigenous peoples," she said.
Read More->
Best Regards
Marc
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