Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 8, 2023 6:18:11 GMT 12
CHRISTIAN COUPLE FAIL IN BID TO STOP DECLARATION OF PART OF THEIR HAWKE’S BAY PROPERTY AS A SITE SIGNIFICANT IN MĀORI LORE
A Christian farming couple who opposed part of their land being declared wāhi taonga, or a culturally significant site for Māori, partly on religious grounds, have been blocked from taking their case to the Court of Appeal.
The proposal was included in the district plan after the land was identified as wāhi taonga by the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust, a representative body for a collective of hāpu in Hawke’s Bay, covering about 6000 people.
In opposing the proposal in the Environment Court, the Raikes said that the evidence about the site “included unsubstantiated cultural beliefs and myths which do not accord with their own religious beliefs”, court documents show.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christian-couple-fail-in-bid-to-stop-declaration-of-part-of-their-property-as-a-site-significant-in-maori-lore/BGSQHL234BHOLGTEZFKKBHHW6Y/
A Christian farming couple who opposed part of their land being declared wāhi taonga, or a culturally significant site for Māori, partly on religious grounds, have been blocked from taking their case to the Court of Appeal.
The proposal was included in the district plan after the land was identified as wāhi taonga by the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust, a representative body for a collective of hāpu in Hawke’s Bay, covering about 6000 people.
In opposing the proposal in the Environment Court, the Raikes said that the evidence about the site “included unsubstantiated cultural beliefs and myths which do not accord with their own religious beliefs”, court documents show.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christian-couple-fail-in-bid-to-stop-declaration-of-part-of-their-property-as-a-site-significant-in-maori-lore/BGSQHL234BHOLGTEZFKKBHHW6Y/