Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 19, 2018 17:06:10 GMT 12
KAIKŌURA CYCLEWAY PLAN UPSETS LOCAL IWI: 'NO CONSULTATION'
A planned cycleway along the coast will cross an urupā - or Māori burial ground - as well as other sacred sites, and cut off access to traditional food gathering areas, Kaikōura iwi say.
"There has been no consultation ... [the sites] have been registered with the Māori land court and these people were actually ignoring our issues," Ms Starkey said.
There were five Wahi Tapu sites along that area of Kaikōura coast, she said....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1807/S00119/kaikoura-cycleway-plan-upsets-local-iwi-no-consultation.htm
A planned cycleway along the coast will cross an urupā - or Māori burial ground - as well as other sacred sites, and cut off access to traditional food gathering areas, Kaikōura iwi say.
"There has been no consultation ... [the sites] have been registered with the Māori land court and these people were actually ignoring our issues," Ms Starkey said.
There were five Wahi Tapu sites along that area of Kaikōura coast, she said....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1807/S00119/kaikoura-cycleway-plan-upsets-local-iwi-no-consultation.htm