"I suspect Sharples and Turia realise a day at the beach isn't our highest priority at this time of year." 3 July 2009

Two farmers struggle through waist high snow with their dogs searching for sheep. One of them comments that he suspects that Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia realise that the beach isn't a high priority at this time of the year. Refers to the government's likelihood in deference to the Maori party to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act that became law under the last Labour government. A ministerial review panel suggests the Government should replace the act with legislation acknowledging that Maori with traditional interests in the coastal area have some form of customary title to it and that the public has a legitimate interest in access and navigation. The ministerial review panel has agreed with most submissions it received that the act failed to recognise Maori property rights and advanced the general interest at their expense. It nullified a ruling that iwi had successfully sought from what was then the country's highest domestic court, and denied them the due process of applications to the Maori Land Court for customary ownership of areas of foreshore and seabed to be recognised with a freehold title.

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