tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post8201217127201535765..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: Property rights and racism as a political ideologyMorgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-48634844726156850932013-02-27T09:33:18.566+13:002013-02-27T09:33:18.566+13:00Lets face it, The Tuwharetoa Trust Board is a corp...Lets face it, The Tuwharetoa Trust Board is a corporation and do not represent the true owners of the lake. They gain their ownership through a dodgy Treaty Settlement done in secret with the OTS. It is only since 2007 that they are recognised as owners when infact it should be the hapu and whanau of all the tribes around the lake. This board has been set up to extinguish rights, and allow for the privatisation of water in the Waikato Co- Management deal which will ultimately end up in private hands offshore under free trade deals such as the TTPA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-61880251225742578752013-02-26T21:46:38.042+13:002013-02-26T21:46:38.042+13:00I'm glad to know that, Kiwi Dave.I'm glad to know that, Kiwi Dave. Morgan Godferyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-59844618155691195722013-02-26T21:33:41.506+13:002013-02-26T21:33:41.506+13:00On the contrary, Morgan. Because I do believe in o...On the contrary, Morgan. Because I do believe in one law for all, I agree with you on this specific point and I'm surprised my fellow right-wingers don't see the issue here.<br /><br />If Ngati Tuwharetoa have a property right here - I have no idea whether rights to the lake bed and air above it entail rights to the surface of the lake and don't know the details of the settlement - they are as entitled to charge for the lake's use as I would be to charge someone who wanted to pick lemons off my lemon tree.<br /><br />Ironman NZ should have negotiated with Ngati Tuwharetoa just as they would have with any farmer whose property they wished to run across.<br /><br />Kiwi DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com