Day 1 The Marine and Coastal Area Bill Hearings
Disagreements among committee members was aired on the first day of hearings on the replacement bill for the Foreshore & Seabed Act.
Mining lobby group unhappy with Marine and Coastal Area Bill
Mining lobby group Straterra says the Marine and Coastal Area Bill has a large number of inconsistencies, ambiguities and anomalies in its wording.
Iwi leaders seek changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Bill
According to Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan iwi are unhappy with the Marine and Coastal Area Bill, which is now before the Māori Affairs Select Committee.
Big week for the Māori Party
Harawira off foreshore bill select committee Māori Party MP Hone Harawiri has been pulled from the foreshore bill select committee because he had already decided his position to oppose the bill.