Day: August 14, 2020

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Settlements Treaty

E26 14 August 2020: Treaty Matters

Last Friday the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Andrew Little announced that Waikato – Tainui and Ngāi Tahu will recieve the following relativity payments of $2.7 million and $2.6 million.
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Agriculture Economic Treaty

E26 14 August 2020 – Plant Variety Act 1987 Further Discussion Paper

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released a further discussion paper on resolving matters relating to the Plant Variety Act 1987. (Subscribers may recall this matter is linked with WAI 2522, with the Tribunal preparing a specific report as to whether the Crown was upholding Te Tiriti o
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Aquaculture Economic Fisheries

E26 14 August 2020 – Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Amendment Bill

Last Thursday the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament. If passed into law this bill will give Te Ohu Kai Moana (‘TOKM’) a discretionary power to allocate and transfer aquaculture settlement assets to iwi; when need to break deadlocks arising from allocation disputes between iwi
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Treaty Tribunal reports

E26 14 August 2020: The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 Inquiry Stage 1 Report

Waitangi Tribunal Policy Released Last month the Waitangi Tribunal released its first report (of two) of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (‘MCA/TM’).  This is WAI 2660, which responds to 92 claims made about this article of legislation (collectively the claims cover the entire Aotearoa coastline, and
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Resource Management Act

E26 14 August 2020 Resource Management Act Reforms: New Directions for Resource Management in New Zealand

The second item reviewed is the report back from an independent panel on the Resource Management Act (‘RMA’); New Directions for Resource Management in New Zealand. This is a complex area of legislation, and the panel needed 500 or so pages to get through it all, but that aside the
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Conservation Environment Environmental

E26 14 August 2020 Te Mana O Te Taiao: Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020

Pānui Review Summary “Papatūānuku (Earth Mother), Ranginui (Sky father) and their offspring are in serious trouble, and we urgently need to do a better job at looking after them.  The state of nature is a legacy that we leave for future generations.” (Department of Conversation, 2020.) This week’s Pānui focuses
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