Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 20, 2021 3:39:57 GMT 12
WANGANUI IWI STOP GENTLE ANNIE BULLDOZING
Wanganui iwi turned out in force yesterday to protest road widening at the top of Pūnakewhitu/Gentle Annie, the bluff at the start of the Wanganui River Road.
Hapū member Kiritahi Firman says there had been no consultation about the work, which was being done to improve access so forestry could be harvested from a farm belonging to the Oskam family.
"Even though the regional council said the forestry company had supplied a plan and followed engagement with some local people, it certainly wasn't our hapū. So today we stood in solidarity to protect our mana, our rangatiratanga, our mana motuhake for Pūnakewhitu," she says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjY2MzY/Paakiwaha/Whanganui-iwi-stop-Gentle-Annie-bulldozing
Wanganui iwi turned out in force yesterday to protest road widening at the top of Pūnakewhitu/Gentle Annie, the bluff at the start of the Wanganui River Road.
Hapū member Kiritahi Firman says there had been no consultation about the work, which was being done to improve access so forestry could be harvested from a farm belonging to the Oskam family.
"Even though the regional council said the forestry company had supplied a plan and followed engagement with some local people, it certainly wasn't our hapū. So today we stood in solidarity to protect our mana, our rangatiratanga, our mana motuhake for Pūnakewhitu," she says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjY2MzY/Paakiwaha/Whanganui-iwi-stop-Gentle-Annie-bulldozing