Crown lawyers at Waitangi Tribunal say Maori have water rights

27/08/2012 8:47:45 a.m.

roses wrote:

Stand Tall Maori and claimed your right of way to your treasures, you were bilnd folded once upon a time but not anymore.. Stand Tall Iwis, Stand Tall..

20/07/2012 9:42:15 a.m.

Kat wrote:

The confusion arises because of different concepts of ownership. In Pakeha culture, individual or private “ownership” can be bought or sold, to control or monopolise usage. In Maori culture, collective guardianship(kaitiakitanga) is to safeguard common treasures (taonga) for the wellbeing of all and future generations. It is far more dangerous what John Key wants to do, which would be to allow private interests to have control over rivers. The Maori concept of guardianship protects water for all of us. Making more efforts to understand this will help.

17/07/2012 6:31:57 p.m.

Mal wrote:

Why should foreign ownership have rights to our water to fleece us with high power costs? and to fill their own pockets. Does the money they take benefit NZers? The answer is no.