16 April 2009
Public participation
The Ministerial Review Panel invites you to participate in the review on the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. You can attend the hui or meetings being held in April and May 2009 and give an oral submission to the Panel.
For more information on the consultation process and on how to make a submission, please click here.
DATES FOR HUI AND MEETINGS
Nau mai, Haere mai
The Ministerial Review Panel invites you to participate in the review on the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. You can attend the hui or meetings being held in April and May 2009 and give an oral submission to the Panel.
10am-1pm, Monday 20 April 2009
Te Rau Aroha Marae, corner of Bradshaw and Henderson Streets, Bluff
7-9pm, Monday 20 April 2009
Victoria Room, Civic Theatre, 88 Tay Street, Invercargill
10am-1pm, Tuesday 21 April 2009
Rēhua Marae, 79 Springfield Road, Richmond, Christchurch
7pm-9pm, Tuesday 21 April 2009
Conference Rooms 1-2, Christchurch Town Hall, Kilmore Street, Christchurch
7pm-9pm, Wednesday 22 April 2009
Riley Centre, Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Wellington
10am-1pm, Thursday 23 April 2009
Pipitea Marae, 55 Thorndon Quay, Wellington
10am-1pm, Friday 24 April 2009
Rangiaowhia Marae, 510 Te Rapa Road, Te Rapa
7pm-9pm, Friday 24 April 2009
Bronze Lounge, Level 3, Waikato Stadium, Seddon Road, Hamilton
10am-1pm, Monday 27 April 2009
Whakaue Marae, Maketū Road, Maketū, Bay of Plenty
7pm-9pm, Monday 27 April 2009
The Members’ Lounge, Tauranga Racecourse, Cameron Road, Tauranga
1.30pm-4.30pm, Tuesday 28 April 2009
Pakirikiri Marae, Beach Road, Tokomaru Bay
10am-1pm, Wednesday 29 April 2009
Ōmahu Marae, Ōmahu Road, Fernhill
7-9pm, Wednesday 29 April 2009
Taradale Town Hall, Lee Street, Taradale
7-9pm, Thursday 7 May 2009
Upper NZI 4–5 Room, Aotea Centre, Mayoral Drive, Auckland
10am-1pm, Saturday 9 May 2009
Ōrākei Marae, 59b Kitemoana Street, Ōrākei, Auckland
10am-1pm, Friday 15 May 2009
Ōtiria Marae, Marae Road, Ōtiria
7-9pm, Friday 15 May 2009
Barge Show Grounds Events Centre, State Highway 14, Maunu, Whangarei
1.30pm-4.30pm, Saturday 16 May 2009
Ōwae Marae, Richmond Road, Waitara
10am-1pm, Sunday 17 May 2009
Pūtiki Marae, 10 Takarangi Street, Pūtiki, Whanganui
7pm-9 pm, Sunday 17 May 2009
Eulogy Room, Whanganui Racecourse, Purnell Street, Whanganui
10am-1pm, Tuesday 19 May 2009
Ōmaka Marae, Aerodrome Road, Blenheim
OVERVIEW
Following the General Election in November 2008, the National Party entered into a Relationship and Confidence and Supply Agreement with the Māori Party.
The National Party and the Māori Party agreed to initiate as a priority a Review of the application of theForeshore and Seabed Act 2004 to ascertain whether it adequately maintains and enhances mana whenua.
A summary of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 is also available.
(This document was produced immediately after the enactment of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004.)
Ministers representing the two parties worked together to prepare agreed Terms of Reference for the Review.
The Review is to be conducted in accordance with the Terms of Reference, which will set the parameters for scope, timing and consultation requirements.
On 4 March 2009, the Ministerial Review Panel was appointed to lead an independent Review.
MINISTERIAL REVIEW PANEL
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Having regard to the Relationship and Confidence and Supply Agreement between the National Party and the Māori Party (16 November 2008) to undertake a review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, the Ministerial Panel ("Panel") is asked to provide independent advice on:
a) What were the nature and extent of the mana whenua and public interests in the coastal marine area prior toAttorney-General v Ngāti Apa [2003] 3 NZLR 643
b) What options were available to the government to respond to the Court of Appeal decision in Attorney-General v Ngāti Apa [2003] 3 NZLR 643
c) Whether the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 effectively recognises and provides for customary or aboriginal title and public interests (including Māori, local government and business) in the coastal marine area and maintains and allows for the enhancement of mana whenua
d) If the Panel has reservations that the Foreshore and Seabed Act does not provide for the above, outline options on what could be the most workable and efficient methods by which both customary and public interests in the coastal marine area could be recognised and provided for; and in particular, how processes of recognising and providing for such interests could be streamlined.
The Panel will also need to consider how these processes will integrate with legislation that regulates the coastal marine area.
In undertaking this work the Panel will:
• Consider the approaches in other Commonwealth jurisdictions to recognise and provide for customary and public interests in the coastal marine area;
• Consider the submissions by the public and other publicly available reports made to the Fisheries and other sea-related Legislation Committee in 2004 on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill and the Waitangi Tribunal's 2004 Report on the Crown's Foreshore and Seabed Policy; and
• Undertake consultation with Māori and the general public through a series of public meetings and hui.
The Panel is encouraged to invite key commentators to speak to it and will receive written submissions.
The Ministry of Justice will provide secretariat support to the Panel.
The Ministerial Panel is to provide a written report to the Attorney-General addressing these matters by no later than Tuesday 30 June 2009.
CONTACT
Postal:
The Manager
Ministerial Review Panel
Foreshore and Seabed Act
C/- PO Box 180
WELLINGTON 6140
Email: foreshorereview@justice.govt.nz
