June 19, 2023
Carbon plan confiscation of Maori assets
Māori Climate Commissioner Donna Awatere Huata says proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are a massive confiscation of value from Māori.
Climate Minister James Show is set to release the results of his review of the ETS this week.
Ms Awatere Huata says the Greens’ co-leader James Shaw and Climate Commission chair Rod Carr have come up with a plan to nationalise the ETS market by making the crown the sole buyer of carbon credits.
She says with more than half of whenua Māori in forestry, this will cost the Māori economy billions of dollars in future earnings and undermine the freedom of Māori landowners to determine how best to use their whenua.
Despite Māori have the most at stake in the review, they were denied the opportunity to engage fully and openly in the process.