NZCPR Newsletter: Supreme Court Activism

I cannot contemplate without uneasiness the evil consequences which might ensue from judicially declaring that the soil of the foreshore of the Colony will be vested absolutely in the natives if they can prove certain acts of ownership – Chief Judge Fenton 1870.

As Kiwis head to the beaches this summer, they should give a thought to the battle that’s raging behind the scenes for the ownership and control of their favourite patch of coastline.

NZCPR Submission: Marine and Coastal Area (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill

Submissions on the Marine and Coastal Area (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill close today 15 October 2024 just before midnight. 

The Bill is in response to the misinterpretation of the law by the judiciary which had resulted in the entire coastline being readied for tribal control. 

Through the Bill, the Coalition is attempting to strengthen the law so it to delivers what Parliament intended when the Marine and Coastal Area Act was originally introduced in 2011.

Below is a copy of the submission sent in by the New Zealand Centre for Political Research.

If you would like to send in a submission but haven’t done so, please feel free to use the arguments we have presented below.