Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 25, 2016 16:44:28 GMT 12
HAWERA'S HISTORIC PA SITE TURUTURU MOKAI STATUS CHANGED TO WAHI TAPU
A historic Hawera pa site has a new status as an old reserve.
Turuturu Mokai, also the site of an abandoned council dump, has been named Wahi Tapu under the Heritage NZ Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, in recognition of it's national historical significance.
Heritage NZ central general manager Claire Craig said it was upgraded from a previously held category two historic place listing which applied to monuments located within the pa boundaries.
"We would hope that it provides greater recognition of the site and that supports iwi or hapu ambitions for it," she said….
In a practical sense, she said it could open up the site owners, Ngati Tupaia hapu, to some national funding which would help with associated costs. She said it would only affect management of the site if owners tried to "drastically change" how it was used.
Ngati Tupaia hapu secretary Aroha Houston said that when she thought Wahi Tapu, she thought of respect for the site where her people lay.
"Wahi Tapu, you treat it with respect, it is sacred to indigenous people, to us as Maori," she said.
"In our minds of our people, it's still ours."….
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/south-taranaki-star/78249757/haweras-historic-pa-site-turuturu-mokai-status-changed-to-wahi-tapu
A historic Hawera pa site has a new status as an old reserve.
Turuturu Mokai, also the site of an abandoned council dump, has been named Wahi Tapu under the Heritage NZ Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, in recognition of it's national historical significance.
Heritage NZ central general manager Claire Craig said it was upgraded from a previously held category two historic place listing which applied to monuments located within the pa boundaries.
"We would hope that it provides greater recognition of the site and that supports iwi or hapu ambitions for it," she said….
In a practical sense, she said it could open up the site owners, Ngati Tupaia hapu, to some national funding which would help with associated costs. She said it would only affect management of the site if owners tried to "drastically change" how it was used.
Ngati Tupaia hapu secretary Aroha Houston said that when she thought Wahi Tapu, she thought of respect for the site where her people lay.
"Wahi Tapu, you treat it with respect, it is sacred to indigenous people, to us as Maori," she said.
"In our minds of our people, it's still ours."….
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/south-taranaki-star/78249757/haweras-historic-pa-site-turuturu-mokai-status-changed-to-wahi-tapu