IWI FRUSTRATED AS LOCALS TAKE TO TE MATA PEAK TRACK

[Kiwi Frontline]

IWI FRUSTRATED AS LOCALS TAKE TO TE MATA PEAK TRACK

The Hawke's Bay tribe that sought to have a track on Te Mata Peak removed is disappointed the path is proving popular with locals.

Craggy Range Winery has agreed to remove the new track and restore the land after it was criticised by Ngāti Kahungunu and the Environmental Defence Society.

Cycle tracks and walkways and even a road have covered the other side of Te Mata peak for years, but the iwi said the track disfigured the mountain which depicted the reclining figure of ancestral chief Rongokako.

People have been flocking to the track since it was unveiled however, something Ngāti Kahungunu Trust chair Ngahiwi Tomoana was unhappy about.

"There was no consultation when it was etched into the mountain, and now it is being used by the general public.
"Just because it is popular does not make it right."

Mr Tomoana said he had been assured by the winery it would restore the land, and he expected that to happen......

www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/347134/iwi-frustrated-as-locals-take-to-te-mata-peak-track

More on the above here > Woman fights to keep controversial Te Mata Peak track
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/347158/woman-fights-to-keep-controversial-te-mata-peak-track

And more here > Safety concerns prompt Craggy Range to fence off controversial track
www.nzherald.co.nz/wine-industry/news/article.cfm?c_id=670&objectid=11966948

[second-class-citizen]

And somewhere in NZ is a saying about "whinging Poms"......geeez, how about whinging maoris always complaining about something that supposedly upsets their ancestors or culturally significant tea tree or whatever. Yes, the same ancestors that were butchering and eating other maoris! Let's not forget these ancestors they waffle on about were part of the murdering, Moa and Huia killing, human flesh eating, keepers of slaves...so don't be so precious now that we know about that. What's worse....walking up a mountain or killing, eating and enslaving fellow maori, and wiping out bird species and the races in NZ here before them? Do not let the local mafia tell anyone how or where to climb a hill!