Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 28, 2018 17:13:34 GMT 12
MAORI BLESSING MARKS CONSTRUCTION BENCHMARK AT SUBURBAN APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT
A Maori dawn powhiri and sacred rock burial have benchmarked the latest construction phase at one of Auckland’s newest high-end apartment complexes. The official early morning function featured elders from Ngati Whatua Orakei – led by Taiaha Hawke.
Ngati Whatua Orakei elder Taiaha Hawke buried a sacred stone at the base of the excavation works to acknowledge that the deepest point of the construction had been reached, and that the five-storey apartment block would now only progress skyward.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1805/S00629/maori-blessing-marks-construction-benchmark.htm
A Maori dawn powhiri and sacred rock burial have benchmarked the latest construction phase at one of Auckland’s newest high-end apartment complexes. The official early morning function featured elders from Ngati Whatua Orakei – led by Taiaha Hawke.
Ngati Whatua Orakei elder Taiaha Hawke buried a sacred stone at the base of the excavation works to acknowledge that the deepest point of the construction had been reached, and that the five-storey apartment block would now only progress skyward.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1805/S00629/maori-blessing-marks-construction-benchmark.htm