Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 23, 2016 16:26:30 GMT 12
HISTORIC LANDING PLACE MARKED
The historical significance of one of Dunedin's first landing sites - for Maori and Pakeha - has been acknowledged by Heritage New Zealand.
Otakou kaumatua Edward Ellison told those present the recognition of the site was important to the area's tangata whenua.
‘‘For us, it's an important way of bringing our history back to acknowledge it and to celebrate it,'' he said.
‘‘This is an important ancestral landmark for us.''
While the plaque marked a ‘‘small'' acknowledgement of Otakou's history, it was only the beginning of more reclamation of the runanga's ancestry, he said.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull said he was pleased to increase the public's understanding of Toitu.
‘‘Toitu goes back before Dunedin's beginnings and has been here for all that time.‘‘….
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/377222/historic-landing-place-marked
The historical significance of one of Dunedin's first landing sites - for Maori and Pakeha - has been acknowledged by Heritage New Zealand.
Otakou kaumatua Edward Ellison told those present the recognition of the site was important to the area's tangata whenua.
‘‘For us, it's an important way of bringing our history back to acknowledge it and to celebrate it,'' he said.
‘‘This is an important ancestral landmark for us.''
While the plaque marked a ‘‘small'' acknowledgement of Otakou's history, it was only the beginning of more reclamation of the runanga's ancestry, he said.
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull said he was pleased to increase the public's understanding of Toitu.
‘‘Toitu goes back before Dunedin's beginnings and has been here for all that time.‘‘….
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/377222/historic-landing-place-marked