Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Tuhoe shooting for the stars
Apparently you need the consent of the Tuhoe people to fly a kite in the King Country. At the select committee hearing in Auckland today some Tuhoe representatives claimed ownership of the air space to the heavens above their land. This from a Ken Shirley Press Release:
"Sitting in Auckland today, the Select Committee heard a submission from representatives of Tuhoe, who claim absolute sovereignty through their rohe with title over the sea extending 400 nautical miles offshore," Mr Shirley said.Shirley finished by stating; "These farcical examples are real, and underscore the folly of the Labour Government's attempts to codify and create an instrument within the Resource Management Act that is based on spiritual belief,".
"In answer to my questions, they also confirmed their claims of absolute sovereignty over all air space to the heavens above. It was specifically stated that, once the Foreshore and Seabed legislation is resolved, they would be approaching Air New Zealand and other airlines to negotiate compensation for all incursions into their air space.
"They drew the parallel of other sovereign states where missiles are deployed to shoot down unauthorised aircraft. The group also confirmed that it would be approaching NASA and other authorities in respect of their satellites that orbit the Earth.
Can't really add anything to that.
