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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 30, 2019 3:43:01 GMT 12
FINLAYSON CALLS FOR GENEROUS SPIRIT TOWARDS MAUNGA AUTHORITY The former minister responsible for the deal that returned Auckland’s volcanic cones to mana whenua iwi is calling for generosity of spirit to allow their restoration to continue. He told those critics to go back to the governing statute and see it was clearly intended the maunga would be handed back to mana whenua and be co-governed by them with the Auckland Council not just for iwi but for all people in Tāmaki Mākaurau...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMyMjI/Paakiwaha/Finlayson-calls-for-generous-spirit-towards-Maunga-authority ŌWAIRAKA RESTORATION: RIFT GROWS BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND TANGATA WHENUAProtesters at a public hui today in Auckland cursed mana whenua of the ancestral maunga, Ōwairaka, telling them they were colonisers and questioning their whakapapa. What was described as a mākutu was met with much hostility, with Independent Māori Statutory Board representative Tau Henare saying he felt he was being colonised twice over. He called the protesters a group of woke and entitled pākehā - with only one lone police officer attending their protest - a stark contrast from Ihumātao........ www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/404400/owairaka-restoration-rift-grows-between-protesters-and-tangata-whenua
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