Should NZ's foreshore and seabed be put into 'public domain' ownership?

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Attorney-General Chris Finlayson believes about 2000km of New Zealand's coastline will eventually be covered by iwi customary title.

These would include areas of the upper East Coast, the eastern Bay of Plenty and "way up North", he said on TVNZ's Q and A yesterday.

But he would not elaborate.

"I wouldn't want to fetter any government's negotiating position, or position in court, that would be held against the Government or a future government, if I started to say 'well that bay's in'," he said.

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