Customary Title - Yes. Ownership - No
No one will own the country's foreshore and seabed.
But the door will be opened for Maori to claim customary rights to it in the courts.
That's the plan if government's proposals to scrap the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act are adopted.iS it the chance Maori have been waiting for - and is it a vindication of everything the Maori Party have fought for?
Shane Taurima talks with Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia via livelink from Whanganui.
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