Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 10, 2016 17:36:26 GMT 12
Iwi dispute re-opening of Puketapu quarry
Waikato and Maniapoto iwi groups are opposing a consent application to re-open the Pukeatua quarry. Sonny Karena (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Haua) says local iwi are concerned about their old Hangahanga Pā site within the quarry.
Pukeatua Quarry land owners want to reopen it, but the local iwi are not having a bar of it.
Landowners C Smith, D Smith and M Stewart have applied for resource consents from the Waikato Regional Council to work the quarry.
Karena says the whanau are united on the issue, “The Hangahanga site is an old Pā site also belonging to the tribe of Hauā. The place where many battles took place. Māori against Māori. As it was in those days, after that, this marae called Te Taumata (Pārāwera) was built. That's their concern.”…
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Waikato and Maniapoto iwi groups are opposing a consent application to re-open the Pukeatua quarry. Sonny Karena (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Haua) says local iwi are concerned about their old Hangahanga Pā site within the quarry.
Pukeatua Quarry land owners want to reopen it, but the local iwi are not having a bar of it.
Landowners C Smith, D Smith and M Stewart have applied for resource consents from the Waikato Regional Council to work the quarry.
Karena says the whanau are united on the issue, “The Hangahanga site is an old Pā site also belonging to the tribe of Hauā. The place where many battles took place. Māori against Māori. As it was in those days, after that, this marae called Te Taumata (Pārāwera) was built. That's their concern.”…
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/iwi-dispute-re-opening-puketapu-quarry