Disinformation from TPM
Te Pati Maori in a burp of disinformation declared Eric Crampton as the policy mind between the Foreshore & Seabed law and Marine and Coastal Area law. Of course once again the media largely ignore the fact they just tell blatant lies.
Three inconvenient facts:
- Eric, then a university economics lecturer, had nothing to do with either law
- An MP who did advocate for and voted for the Foreshore & Seabed law was John Tamihere – the now President of TPM
- The Marine and Coastal Areas law (replacing the FS law) was negotiated with Te Pati Maori, whom all voted for it