Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 12, 2017 18:27:15 GMT 12
AQUIFERS LIKENED TO A MOTHER'S WOMB
Contamination of aquifers could be prevented if their sacredness within the Maori belief system was respected, a local leader says.
Marei Apatu, Te Kaihautu (chief executive) for Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, one of six Taiwhenua of Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc, said if councils and communities held aquifers in the same regard as the Maori belief system then it could prevent contamination similar to that in Havelock North last year.
Water is a taonga (treasure) and many of our traditional beliefs are based around water, he said.
Rain comes from the tears of Ranginui (sky father) pouring on to Papatuanuku (earth mother) and turning into rivers and streams which are her veins and then out to Te Moananui A Kiwa (the sea)....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11901240
Contamination of aquifers could be prevented if their sacredness within the Maori belief system was respected, a local leader says.
Marei Apatu, Te Kaihautu (chief executive) for Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, one of six Taiwhenua of Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc, said if councils and communities held aquifers in the same regard as the Maori belief system then it could prevent contamination similar to that in Havelock North last year.
Water is a taonga (treasure) and many of our traditional beliefs are based around water, he said.
Rain comes from the tears of Ranginui (sky father) pouring on to Papatuanuku (earth mother) and turning into rivers and streams which are her veins and then out to Te Moananui A Kiwa (the sea)....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11901240
