Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 30, 2018 17:19:47 GMT 12
SKYLARKING ON SACRED MT MANAIA SUMMIT AT WHANGĀREI HEADS FROWNED UPON
Last week, two young men who call themselves RoadRebelz posted the video, including drone footage, of their climb on the spectacular maunga at Whangārei Heads.
Along the way, the men took stunning footage showing Manaia and its surrounds in the best possible light.
The mountain was considered a sacred ancestor to local hapu and was therefore tapu, in particular its summit, or head.
That was the main reason the Department of Conservation worked with Ngatiwai some years ago to have the trig station which once stood there removed, Donaldson said.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12096600
Last week, two young men who call themselves RoadRebelz posted the video, including drone footage, of their climb on the spectacular maunga at Whangārei Heads.
Along the way, the men took stunning footage showing Manaia and its surrounds in the best possible light.
The mountain was considered a sacred ancestor to local hapu and was therefore tapu, in particular its summit, or head.
That was the main reason the Department of Conservation worked with Ngatiwai some years ago to have the trig station which once stood there removed, Donaldson said.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12096600