Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 8, 2016 16:44:39 GMT 12
EPA meets with concerned iwi over administration of sea burials
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) fronted today over growing concerns among iwi at its administration of sea burials off the Northland coast.
The Ngāti Kuta and Te Patu Keha, hapū of the Bay of Islands, will join Far North iwi at a hui in Kaitaia.
Taika Tukariri of Matarahurahu hapū says, “We are angry because what's been decided is foreign to our own customs. I don't really know where that custom comes from.”…
maoritelevision.com/news/regional/epa-meets-concerned-iwi-over-administration-sea-burials
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) fronted today over growing concerns among iwi at its administration of sea burials off the Northland coast.
The Ngāti Kuta and Te Patu Keha, hapū of the Bay of Islands, will join Far North iwi at a hui in Kaitaia.
Taika Tukariri of Matarahurahu hapū says, “We are angry because what's been decided is foreign to our own customs. I don't really know where that custom comes from.”…
maoritelevision.com/news/regional/epa-meets-concerned-iwi-over-administration-sea-burials