Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 18, 2016 18:20:09 GMT 12
IWI OPPOSES GOLD MINE PROPOSAL AT HISTORIC MARLBOROUGH MINING TOWN
A new gold mine in Marlborough faces backlash from iwi who claim it could damage the environment and their cultural history.
Ngati Kuia has kaitiaki over the Canvastown area where mining company Elect Mining wants to set up a new operation on 120 hectares of land.
Ngati Kuia chairman Waihaere Mason said there were four pa sites in and around the mine site, either side of State Highway 6 in Canvastown, 50 kilometres northwest of Blenheim.
"Taonga associated to those sites could be damaged when unearthed during the mining process," he said.
Ngati Kuia was also concerned about the impact this would have on traditional food gathering areas, including the Te Oranga Tuna Mataitai, the only eel reserve in the Marlborough region.....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/85467714/Iwi-opposes-gold-mine-proposal-at-historic-Marlborough-mining-town
A new gold mine in Marlborough faces backlash from iwi who claim it could damage the environment and their cultural history.
Ngati Kuia has kaitiaki over the Canvastown area where mining company Elect Mining wants to set up a new operation on 120 hectares of land.
Ngati Kuia chairman Waihaere Mason said there were four pa sites in and around the mine site, either side of State Highway 6 in Canvastown, 50 kilometres northwest of Blenheim.
"Taonga associated to those sites could be damaged when unearthed during the mining process," he said.
Ngati Kuia was also concerned about the impact this would have on traditional food gathering areas, including the Te Oranga Tuna Mataitai, the only eel reserve in the Marlborough region.....
www.stuff.co.nz/business/85467714/Iwi-opposes-gold-mine-proposal-at-historic-Marlborough-mining-town