Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 14, 2019 17:11:15 GMT 12
DOME VALLEY DUMP: RĀHUI TO STOP DEVELOPMENT MAY BE 'IRRELEVANT'
But the Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust's chairman Mook Hohneck said any rāhui placed over the land without Ngati Manuhiri co-operation would be "irrelevant" under Māori customary law.
"We won't accept it any shape or form: from a cultural perspective, we are the only ones with the mana to impose a rāhui," he said.
Hohneck, who lives in Auckland, said he had no problem with anyone opposing the landfill and that "if this group want to do a karakia on the roadside on Saturday, that's fine".
But he would not accept Miru and Fight the Tip Committee could impose an official rāhui......
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/113473086/dome-valley-dump-rhui-to-stop-development-may-be-irrelevant
But the Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust's chairman Mook Hohneck said any rāhui placed over the land without Ngati Manuhiri co-operation would be "irrelevant" under Māori customary law.
"We won't accept it any shape or form: from a cultural perspective, we are the only ones with the mana to impose a rāhui," he said.
Hohneck, who lives in Auckland, said he had no problem with anyone opposing the landfill and that "if this group want to do a karakia on the roadside on Saturday, that's fine".
But he would not accept Miru and Fight the Tip Committee could impose an official rāhui......
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/113473086/dome-valley-dump-rhui-to-stop-development-may-be-irrelevant