Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 5, 2021 2:55:53 GMT 12
RĀHUI BREACH RISKS TRIGGERING ANOTHER ‘BASTION POINT’
Last week a contractor from construction firm Naylor Love, engaged by the Ministry Culture and Heritage removed the Rāhui signage and replaced it with a notice of imminent works to build the National Memorial for the Erebus Disaster.
The Crown choosing to transgress a Rāhui and break tikanga is the final straw.
“At what stage does the Crown accept that a Rāhui is tapu? A rāhui is about life, it is about whenua, it is about moana, kaitiakitanga, the mana of Atuatanga,” said Dame Naida Glavish,
“At what stage will the Crown honour lore?” she said.......