'Little room to move' on iwi fishing quota

  • 25/12/1997

Maori Affairs Minister Tau Henare can sack Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries commissioners, but the commission will have little room to do things differently, says its chairman Sir Tipene O'Regan. The commission this week announced its plans for allocating more than $500 million worth of fishing quota, cash, and shares to iwis in New Zealand.