Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 22, 2018 16:22:18 GMT 12
CELL TOWER PROPOSAL FOR SACRED MĀORI MOUNTAIN IN THE HOKIANGA
Māori elders in the are determined to protect a sacred mountain in the Far North, identified as a potential site for a new cell tower.
Utakura in the Hokianga is a site earmarked under "tourism site priorities" for the Government's Mobile Black Spots Fund to increase mobile coverage around the country.
The maunga is home to a taniwha of the same name, Ruka-Tekorakora said, with ancestors also buried on the hill side.
"We are opposed to them using our mountain tops and proliferating them with things which do not belong," he said.
"We are really concerned about them putting a tower on top of our sacred taniwha and bones of our ancestors - it seems a shame......
www.stuff.co.nz/northland/108750974/cell-tower-proposal-for-sacred-mori-mountain-in-the-hokianga
Māori elders in the are determined to protect a sacred mountain in the Far North, identified as a potential site for a new cell tower.
Utakura in the Hokianga is a site earmarked under "tourism site priorities" for the Government's Mobile Black Spots Fund to increase mobile coverage around the country.
The maunga is home to a taniwha of the same name, Ruka-Tekorakora said, with ancestors also buried on the hill side.
"We are opposed to them using our mountain tops and proliferating them with things which do not belong," he said.
"We are really concerned about them putting a tower on top of our sacred taniwha and bones of our ancestors - it seems a shame......
www.stuff.co.nz/northland/108750974/cell-tower-proposal-for-sacred-mori-mountain-in-the-hokianga