Tue, 16 Nov 2004

Thursday 18 November - From 12:30pm

Come to Parliament to protest at the last readings of the Foreshore and Seabed Bill

We will not be silent - we won't let the Bill pass without comment

The Bill is unfair, unjust and unnecessary. It breaches the Treaty of Waitangi, overrides common law, and violates national human rights legislation as well as international human rights conventions and standards.

Maori, and non-Maori, have rejected the Bill in:

* hui, meetings and letters to MPs and government ministers
* Hikoi I & II
* submissions on the policy
* submissions to the Select Committee
* complaints to the United Nations

But still the government is going ahead with this discriminatory law. Come and tell them what you think about the Bill. Updates about where the Bill is at will be online at
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/fsinfo.htm from Tuesday night; check there for the latest info.

ENDS

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