Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 7, 2022 5:41:22 GMT 12
WAHI TUPUNA MAPPING POLICY OUTLINED
Communtity questions over the mapping of Wahi Tupuna areas (sites and areas of significance to Maori) for the draft district plan have prompted the Waitaki District Council to explain the reasons for the mapping.
"It is a matter of national importance, under the Resource Management Act, to recognise and provide for the relationship of Maori and their culture and traditions with their ancestral lands, water, sites, wahi tapu (sacred sites or areas), and other taoka (treasured possessions, whether material or abstract)," Waitaki District Council heritage and planning manager David Campbell said.
Therefore, the maps were being created to recognise or acknowledge the Maori history of the Waitaki district.....
www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/wahi-tupuna-mapping-policy-outlined
Communtity questions over the mapping of Wahi Tupuna areas (sites and areas of significance to Maori) for the draft district plan have prompted the Waitaki District Council to explain the reasons for the mapping.
"It is a matter of national importance, under the Resource Management Act, to recognise and provide for the relationship of Maori and their culture and traditions with their ancestral lands, water, sites, wahi tapu (sacred sites or areas), and other taoka (treasured possessions, whether material or abstract)," Waitaki District Council heritage and planning manager David Campbell said.
Therefore, the maps were being created to recognise or acknowledge the Maori history of the Waitaki district.....
www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/wahi-tupuna-mapping-policy-outlined