Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 12, 2017 18:12:43 GMT 12
MAORI SIDE OF THE STORY TO BE TOLD AT CONTROVERSIAL OTAHUHU MONUMENT
A petition to move the controversial monument commemorating Colonel Marmaduke George Nixon has been dropped on the provision that Māori involvement in the battle is also recognised at the site.
However, he said formal recognition at the Nixon Memorial would be made in regards to the Māori (Rangiaowhia) telling their story, which was how Māori were pursued as prey and how many, including woman and children, lost their lives during the settler invasion of the Waikato in the 1860s.
Te Pou said he thought it was "a reasonable and just outcome" and that the aim of the petition was to provide educational context at the site.
He said it would give Rangiaowhia the chance to tell their story in a way they were happy with.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11921391
A petition to move the controversial monument commemorating Colonel Marmaduke George Nixon has been dropped on the provision that Māori involvement in the battle is also recognised at the site.
However, he said formal recognition at the Nixon Memorial would be made in regards to the Māori (Rangiaowhia) telling their story, which was how Māori were pursued as prey and how many, including woman and children, lost their lives during the settler invasion of the Waikato in the 1860s.
Te Pou said he thought it was "a reasonable and just outcome" and that the aim of the petition was to provide educational context at the site.
He said it would give Rangiaowhia the chance to tell their story in a way they were happy with.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11921391