Fishing plans to defuse tension
A move to create fisheries management plans is seen as a way to defuse long-standing tensions between commercial, recreational and customary fishers.
Shane Jones, the chairman of Maori fisheries settlement trust Te Ohu Kaimoana, Shane Jones, says the $5.3 million in this week's Budget for fisheries management plans is long overdue.
Mr Jones, who is also a government backbencher, says there have been complaints about overfishing by various stakeholders since the quota management system was introduced in the 1980s.
Shane Jones. Under fisheries management plans, the government will work with the fishing and other stakeholders to identify how to get the best out of particular fish stock long term, rather than managing them year to year in an ad hoc manner.
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Buying Maori sounds like a good idea, but do you always get what you pay for?
That is the question posed by Maori lawyer Tama Potaka to suggestions by Green MP Metiria Turei that the Greens' $11 million Buy Kiwi Made campaign could be extended by tangata whenua to become Buy Maori Made.
Mr Potaka says recent examples of Maori imagery being used to sell cigarettes and vodka are a reminder of the need to guarantee authenticity.
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Greens Maori affairs spokesperson Meteria Turei says the Maori Party should learn from the deals struck post election by the Greens.
Among the concessions won from Labour in exchange for Green support on confidence and supply was an environmental education programme and a Buy New Zealand Campaign.
The Government is pumping millions of dollars into both areas over the next few years.
She says the Maori Party will be coming to grips with how deal making works.
Meteria Turei says in an MMP environemtn, such post-election deals give small parties a good platforms to start working towards the next election.
Shane Jones, the chairman of Maori fisheries settlement trust Te Ohu Kaimoana, Shane Jones, says the $5.3 million in this week's Budget for fisheries management plans is long overdue.
Mr Jones, who is also a government backbencher, says there have been complaints about overfishing by various stakeholders since the quota management system was introduced in the 1980s.
Shane Jones. Under fisheries management plans, the government will work with the fishing and other stakeholders to identify how to get the best out of particular fish stock long term, rather than managing them year to year in an ad hoc manner.
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Buying Maori sounds like a good idea, but do you always get what you pay for?
That is the question posed by Maori lawyer Tama Potaka to suggestions by Green MP Metiria Turei that the Greens' $11 million Buy Kiwi Made campaign could be extended by tangata whenua to become Buy Maori Made.
Mr Potaka says recent examples of Maori imagery being used to sell cigarettes and vodka are a reminder of the need to guarantee authenticity.
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Greens Maori affairs spokesperson Meteria Turei says the Maori Party should learn from the deals struck post election by the Greens.
Among the concessions won from Labour in exchange for Green support on confidence and supply was an environmental education programme and a Buy New Zealand Campaign.
The Government is pumping millions of dollars into both areas over the next few years.
She says the Maori Party will be coming to grips with how deal making works.
Meteria Turei says in an MMP environemtn, such post-election deals give small parties a good platforms to start working towards the next election.
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