Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 6, 2023 3:49:52 GMT 12
IWI WANTS BASIN RESERVE’S WAKEFIELD MEMORIAL TO GO, CRICKET FANS DIVIDED
Dr Taku Parai of Ngāti Toa wants the memorial gone from the Basin Reserve.
“Those who had a hand in early instruments in colonisation, and enacting those for the acquisition of profit and land, need to be removed,” he said.
“A lot of that stuff was hugely unfair. Wakefield was part of it. We are talking about the effects of profiteering and the quick demise of our status of mana whenua......
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/300821291/iwi-wants-basin-reserves-wakefield-memorial-to-go-cricket-fans-divided
Dr Taku Parai of Ngāti Toa wants the memorial gone from the Basin Reserve.
“Those who had a hand in early instruments in colonisation, and enacting those for the acquisition of profit and land, need to be removed,” he said.
“A lot of that stuff was hugely unfair. Wakefield was part of it. We are talking about the effects of profiteering and the quick demise of our status of mana whenua......
www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/300821291/iwi-wants-basin-reserves-wakefield-memorial-to-go-cricket-fans-divided