Ka taurangitia e te Ture Takutaimoana te tiakitanga o ngÄ tika o te MÄÂori.

“He ahunga whakamua whakahirahira te hainatanga, I te rangi nei, o te Kirimini Upoko hei tautoko I te mana o ngā hapÅ« o Ngāti Porou, e pā ana ki te takutaimoana kei roto I tā rātou rohe,” e kÄ« ana te Minita mō ngā Take Māori, a Parekura Horomia.

“E tautoko ana e te Kirimini nei te honohononga motuhake me te mana pÅ«mau, pāruhiruhi a ngā hapÅ« o Ngāti Porou ki runga I a rātou takutaimoana ā-rohe, me te whakapÅ«mau anō ka tiakinatia ngā huarahi me ngā pānga a te hunga tÅ«matanui.”

“He whakatutukitanga nui rawa atu tÄ“nei I waenga I te Kāwanatanga Reipa-ārahi me te Māori. I te whakaurunga mai o te Ture Takutaimoana ka tÄ«mata ngā tautohetohe pukuriri, engari ināianei e pono ana koia nei hei whakatika I te whakararu tÅ«roa kia āhei tātou o te motu ki te ahu whakamua.”

“I te tau 2004, I whakaae pono mātou ki te tiaki ārai I ngā herenga, me te mana tāwhito Māori ki te takutaimoana. Ko tÄ“nei Kirimini Upoko tÄ“tahi mahi nui tonu ki te whakahonore I taua whakaae pono.”

“Ko tÄ“nei kirimini ka whakaÅ« I te piriponotanga a te Karauna ki tōna honohononga atu ki Ngāti Porou, na reira ka mihi ahau mō a rātou mahinga kaha, te whakapono me te ngākau pono o rātou katoa I whaiwāhi. Aku mihi nui ki a rātou kia tutuki pai ngā wāhanga whakamutunga o ngā whakawhitinga kōrero nei,” I kÄ« a Horomia.