Kermadec sanctuary undermines settlement process, Te Ohu Kaimoana's Tuuta says

Kermadec sanctuary undermines settlement process, Te Ohu Kaimoana's Tuuta says
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth June 2 (BusinessDesk) - The government's proposal to create a 62,000 square kilometre ocean sanctuary in the Kermadec region undermines the integrity of Treaty of Waitangi settlements in expropriating Maori fishing rights, says Te Ohu Kaimoana chairman Jamie Tuuta.  At the United Nations General Assembly last year, Prime Minister John Key unveiled the proposal to create the sanctuary which would span about 15 percent of New Zealand's exclusive economic zone and preserving habitats for the area's 39 different species of seab...