Te Ohu Kaimoana wants urgency for legislation to allow Māori fisheries restructure

Te Ohu Kaimoana wants urgency for legislation to allow Māori fisheries restructure
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth July 5 (BusinessDesk) - Te Ohu Kaimoana wants policymakers to put legislative reform enabling an overhaul of the Māori fisheries governing body near the top of their list after the September general election.  The Māori fisheries commission has been holding hui across the country since 2015 when its 58 iwi members voted to keep the entity as an advocacy group but take more direct control of Te Ohu Kaimoana's half billion dollars of aquaculture assets. The body was set up in 2004 under the Māori Fisheries Act to manage the f...