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Shearer On Maori Water Claim & Caucus Pics - Video + Images
Video + Images: Shearer On Water Claim & First Caucus
By Alastair Thompson
David Shearer's first pre-caucus standup of 2011 was dominated by questions around the stability of the Government (with the Maori Party threatening to quit over the planned changes to the SOE Treaty Clause).
The Press Gallery was also concerned with the issue of a Maori Claim being made to the Waitangi Tribunal over water rights. Shearer was asked repeatedly whether he thought the proposed claim had any merit or whether "water belonged to all NZers".
Shearer dodged the question but seems likely to face it again, soon.
Following the standup Scoop was invited into the Caucus Room to take a picture of the Labour Party caucus around its giant table.
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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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