I did not see this one coming.

[aleph_naught]

Labour's about turn on controversial act

Foreshore and seabed rights pushed

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The architect of the act, former finance and Treaty negotiations minister Michael Cullen, said yesterday he now believed Maori should be able to seek customary title to the foreshore and seabed

Comments

[silvershamrock]

Aw, come on man - dead silence for nearly ... what, a month? And then all of a sudden two political posts in the space of 24 hours?

This one's ... interesting. What I find curious is that it almost seems as if National and Labour are going to be collaborating on this. That was the intimation in Collin Espiner's blog over on Stuff, anyway.

Personally, I'm far more interested what the PSA's going to say at the union meeting about the 'voluntary redundancies' at IRD.

[aleph_naught]

Haha, yeah, I thought maybe I'd start actually using this thing a bit more often. I might start a proper pols blog, but until then..

And yeah, I think now that the smoke has cleared and people can see the issue for what it is, there's fairly broad consensus among the politically educated that allowing iwi to go to court is the best way to go.

[silvershamrock]

Haha, yeah, I thought maybe I'd start actually using this thing a bit more often. I might start a proper pols blog...

If you do, I'm totally there. Expect me to demand justifications for everything you say, though (hey, that's what strawmen are for!)

[aleph_naught]

That's absolutely right. But at least then the controversy would be over a genuine situation rather than one invented by the media and the National party; and I'd hope that would make for more meaningful and productive discussion.