Local iwi ban public access to Wellington Lakes

18 Mar 2010 10:10p.m.

maurice wrote:

well said mike you will be surprised how many people agree with you.

18 Mar 2010 04:58p.m.

Jim wrote:

I am sorry Pip, I saw this item on TV3 news last night and all the officials were surprised. These people do not keep their word so their MANA is doubtful, more Greedy!!!

18 Mar 2010 03:47p.m.

Pip wrote:

These comments aren't fair. The issue here is the environmental protection plan, which it appears DOC has signed off and the regional council has seen. The settlement has merely affirmed the kaitiaki role Te Atiawa has always held over these lake. The Minister should be asking his own first before approaching Te Atiawa over this issue, as should the duck hunters and those challenging the mana of Te Atiawa.

18 Mar 2010 03:40p.m.

Jim wrote:

Yes Mike, I also feel a little ashamed everytime I see these separatists / activists / bludgers abuse the spirit of anything afforded to them.
Obiwan, I also agree with the nil full Maori as I am part European myself. I find it a little insulting when our own Govt depts have Maori / European separately on their stat forms, so I put one big circle around both. Maybe one day they will get the message!!!

18 Mar 2010 09:29a.m.

Craig wrote:

I agree mike It’s about time NZ put a stop to this separatist apartheid behavior. These people couldn't even manage the running of a bath let alone a stretch of land and two lakes, and statics prove this. They have obviously not thought about the Eco system there. If they had they would have discovered that duck shooters actually keep the numbers down and avoid mass pollution from duck over population. I have seen it first hand with Canada geese and ducks on lakes around Hamilton. so whats next are they going to let Maori Duck shooters on there ? i can see it now duck meat becoming the next item on the black market beside the paua and crayfish collected under their so called rights, if it hasn't already!!

18 Mar 2010 02:08a.m.

Mike wrote:

Actually Todd Mcbeth I am part Maori among a bunch of other ethnicities. You call me a separatist because I expect all New Zealanders to have the same rights and responsibilities; perhaps you should invest in a dictionary.

17 Mar 2010 08:40p.m.

Todd Mcbeth wrote:

Michael, You appear to be a lonely voice. Unfortunately people like you give us Europeans a bad name by entering into such separatist debate. YOU are the separatist AND YOU are the extremist!!!

17 Mar 2010 07:55p.m.

Obiwan wrote:

Just reverse the treaty settlement, as they in breach of it.
Besides, there are no Maori left. Please explain why even half Maori half European is called Maori and not European!

17 Mar 2010 07:17p.m.

Mike wrote:

Maori say that public access will be protected if the seabed and foreshore act is repealed, what a joke!
Also do people realise that trout fishermen have to buy an additional fishing licence to use some Maori owned lakes, this is on top of the normal fish and game licence.
These lakes are maintained by NZ taxpayers and stocked with trout by Fish and Game each year. The hatcheries the trout are drawn from are run by volunteers mainly Europeans in my experience.
It’s about time NZ put a stop to this separatist apartheid behaviour.