NZCPR Newsletter: Parliamentary Sovereignty Hangs in the Balance

The secret ‘partnership’ deal between the Cook Islands and China caught our Government by surprise. It caused concern because it will bring the influence of one of the world’s most ambitious global superpowers much closer to home.

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.