Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 19, 2016 16:29:04 GMT 12
Historic event on Parihaka tomorrow - hundreds expected
On Saturday morning an event of major significance to the hapü and wider population of Whangarei will take place at Parihaka, as the restoration of the correct name of the mountain is publicly affirmed.
It has also provided an opportunity to acknowledge that a historical mistake that for generations saw the mountain referred to as Parahaki, was put right by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2005, following decades of campaigning by local hapü.
The next year Council asked the New Zealand Geographic Board to reinstate the correct name. On 4 September 2005 the Minister for Land Information restored the name to ‘Mount Parihaka’.
On Saturday at 10am representatives of the 13 main clusters of hapü in Whangarei will each untie a ribbon from the cloak covering this kohatu in a symbolic gesture of unveiling, and Mayor Sheryl Mai will untie the 14th ribbon on behalf of all of the people of the District…..
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1602/S00486/historic-event-on-parihaka-tomorrow-hundreds-expected.htm
On Saturday morning an event of major significance to the hapü and wider population of Whangarei will take place at Parihaka, as the restoration of the correct name of the mountain is publicly affirmed.
It has also provided an opportunity to acknowledge that a historical mistake that for generations saw the mountain referred to as Parahaki, was put right by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2005, following decades of campaigning by local hapü.
The next year Council asked the New Zealand Geographic Board to reinstate the correct name. On 4 September 2005 the Minister for Land Information restored the name to ‘Mount Parihaka’.
On Saturday at 10am representatives of the 13 main clusters of hapü in Whangarei will each untie a ribbon from the cloak covering this kohatu in a symbolic gesture of unveiling, and Mayor Sheryl Mai will untie the 14th ribbon on behalf of all of the people of the District…..
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1602/S00486/historic-event-on-parihaka-tomorrow-hundreds-expected.htm