Interview: Maanu Paul on Maori ownership rights

Maori Council co-chairman Maanu Paul has gone for the jugular with his claims that Maori own not only the fresh water but all the country’s natural resources.

By Guyon Espiner In Politics

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6th October, 2012

Maanu Paul isn’t actually Maanu Paul at all. He’s Cletus Maanu Paora. The surname was anglicised to Paul when he was a boy. And now the Maori Council co-chairman is at the forefront of another change, one that is probably of little consolation to Prime Minister John Key as the water rights row drags on. For most of its life, the Maori Council has been an ally of the National Party – but its position on fresh water is turning the former friends into foes. “Ownership will grab the nation,” says Paul. “I am going to win Pakeha, and the only way to win Pakeha is to threaten to take ...

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