Great news - Maori only beaches in NZ

[marty]

Watch out for toll booths east of Opotiki and north of Gisborne....
And shortly thereafter , passports and visas at the border control

as long as the benefit stops at the border control ..........

[Blackshear]

Gees guys, sure is a good thing I have Maori blood in me.
I'm fucking sick of this PC country. They're ruining our gorgeous way of life.

[Slyer]

Gees guys, sure is a good thing I have Maori blood in me.
I'm fucking sick of this PC country. They're ruining our gorgeous way of life.

Who is being PC?

[Big Dave]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4822522a11.html

>>"Our custom in this country has been that the average New Zealander can enjoy a picnic lunch on the beach and take an appropriate and reasonable proportion of seafood - that's not a major issue," she
told the newspaper.
But in some situations it may not be appropriate for a camper van to park up at a wahi tapu site, she said.<<

[Blackshear]

Who is being PC?

The whole, 'Let's be non-racist and give Maori people extra priviledges because they're brown skinned.'

I think that's what I meant.

[speights_bud]

What about Traditional folk who want to manage their resources the way it's worked for a lot longer than us whiteys have been doing it.

If reckon if you went to the big kahuna and said - dude, mind if I have a dip - all would be cool anyway - just don't set up a sand mine eh bro.

... i dont think it quite works like that from what i've seen...., have been places where the road is signposted as 'beach', only to come to the end of the road and find it barricaded off and then have a 'local maori man' start going off his nut about it being his land and we cant go in that road

[Slyer]

It's not really anything to do with being PC, maybe being pushed over is.

[Indiana_Jones]

There is no such thing as reverse racism.

Thank you!

-Indy

[speights_bud]

I can show you plenty of beaches up round here ,where access is blocked by wealthy land owners (NZ and foreign) . Give acess rights to the foreshore back to maori and fellow New Zealanders...

Access is very different from ownership, if i was a farmer on a coastal area i probably wouldn't want every man and his dog wandering through my paddocks and livestock/crops to get to the beach (where they have permission to be), however if they gain other access to the beach which they rightfully can use and enjoy without tresspassing over private land then that's awesome, and yes this may only be achieved by walking along the beach to the desired area using the beach itself for access.

Something else to consider,
if i was walking to the shops (where i have permission to be) and it was faster just to climb your back fence instead of walking around the block, then walk through your property and hop over the front fence and across the road to the shop, and back again,

wouldn't this make you a little unimpressed?

I'm definatly against the 'segregation' of beaches as such, every New Zealander should have equal rights and be allowed to use a beach. However giving ownership to a specific race is bullshit, but as usual some are more equal than others.

My 2c worth anyway

[James Deuce]

Things will swing one way and another until a balance is struck. Think of it as continuing negotiation after a 170 year hiatus in talks.

This ain't no Israel and the East Cape ain't no Gaza Strip and with any luck we'll end up a mature inclusive society with no hint of us and them. It will take time and patience though, and making a knee jerk reaction every time an alternative to the status quo is proposed or put in place, probably after a LOT of public consultation (which nobody ever bothers to engage in in NZ, so we get "surprised" by this sort of thing every damn time) then it doesn't speak well of our maturity as a society or as individuals.

I bet they're not talking Takapuna Beach or Lyall bBy, or New Brighton Beach, so what's the big deal? I rather suspect that Swampdonkey has made a key point. How do we stop wealthy coastal landowners from barring access to coastal areas for ALL "average" Kiwis? Make it wahi tapu bro! I haven't met a Maori without a cunning plan or three yet.

[Owl]

I'm definatly against the 'segregation' of beaches as such, every New Zealander should have equal rights and be allowed to use a beach. However giving ownership to a specific race is bullshit, but as usual some are more equal than others.

I think everyone should be entitled to use a beach too, however I don't think this is the case currently.
I could be wrong, but it's my understanding that there are plenty of beaches that cannot even be accessed by boat legally.

[scrivy]

I hate racial shit.
If you were born here, you should have a right to walk the beaches unimposed, irregardless of race.
I bet all the poor buggers that fought and died for this country would be turning over in their graves by this bullshit!!

And I'm sure I was taught at school many moons ago, that the Moriories were here before all Maoris, but that the Maoris ate them all?? So how do Maoris claim to be the indigenous race?

[Headbanger]

Really disappointed with this racist bullshit, National,what the fuck are you thinking?

oh wait, Your thinking you will lick the arse of racist cunts.

well fuck you.

[speights_bud]

I think everyone should be entitled to use a beach too, however I don't think this is the case currently.
I could be wrong, but it's my understanding that there are plenty of beaches that cannot even be accessed by boat legally.

This is interesting, may be worth looking into

As i understood it crown land or whatever allows public use of beaches for everybody provided the access was sorted appropriately, but im no expert or nothin

[yungatart]

Really disappointed with this racist bullshit, National,what the fuck are you thinking?

oh wait, Your thinking you will lick the arse of racist cunts.

well fuck you.

My understanding is that it was passed by Labour, before the election....