Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 16, 2021 3:35:49 GMT 12
POLHILL RESERVE SHOULD HAVE MĀORI NAME, ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND IWI SAY
Local mana whenua and a Wellington regeneration group are asking the Wellington City Council to extend the name Waimapihi to a broader area above Aro Valley, encompassing Polhill Reserve.
This would better reflect the whakapapa of the area, say Shelby Stoneburner of the Polhill Protectors/Ngā Kaimanaaki o Te Waimapihi and Holden Hohaia of Te Aro Pā Trust.
Renaming the reserve would recognise the connection between descendants of Taranaki iwi and Ngāti Ruanui who lived at Te Aro Pā and the whenua upon which much of the city now stands, Hohaia said......
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/125961880/polhill-reserve-should-have-mori-name-environmentalists-and-iwi-say
Local mana whenua and a Wellington regeneration group are asking the Wellington City Council to extend the name Waimapihi to a broader area above Aro Valley, encompassing Polhill Reserve.
This would better reflect the whakapapa of the area, say Shelby Stoneburner of the Polhill Protectors/Ngā Kaimanaaki o Te Waimapihi and Holden Hohaia of Te Aro Pā Trust.
Renaming the reserve would recognise the connection between descendants of Taranaki iwi and Ngāti Ruanui who lived at Te Aro Pā and the whenua upon which much of the city now stands, Hohaia said......
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/125961880/polhill-reserve-should-have-mori-name-environmentalists-and-iwi-say