Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 25, 2019 17:09:25 GMT 12
IHUMĀTAO PROTEST: KAUMĀTUA AND RANGATAHI SPLIT OVER DEVELOPMENT
A generational divide is at the heart of the ongoing battle to stop a housing development at Ihumātao.
The protests are being lead by mana whenua Pania Newton and her cousins, who have been pushing for the land - owned by Fletcher Building - to be returned to iwi, 160 years after it was first confiscated by the Crown.
But local kaumātua Te Warena Taua from Te Kawerau a Maki, who gave his blessing for the housing development to go forward, said Ms Newton and her cousins were disrespecting their elders by not moving on from the site.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/395151/ihumatao-protest-kaumatua-and-rangatahi-split-over-development
A generational divide is at the heart of the ongoing battle to stop a housing development at Ihumātao.
The protests are being lead by mana whenua Pania Newton and her cousins, who have been pushing for the land - owned by Fletcher Building - to be returned to iwi, 160 years after it was first confiscated by the Crown.
But local kaumātua Te Warena Taua from Te Kawerau a Maki, who gave his blessing for the housing development to go forward, said Ms Newton and her cousins were disrespecting their elders by not moving on from the site.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/395151/ihumatao-protest-kaumatua-and-rangatahi-split-over-development