Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 12, 2023 4:22:24 GMT 12
PARLIAMENT'S NEW 'TE KĀHUI MŌURI' COST $500,000
The pricetag has been criticised by the ACT Party's leader David Seymour. He has called it "tone-deaf" during a cost of living crisis when Kiwis are "being asked to tighten their belts".
But the Parliamentary Service said it didn't consider the costs unusual "in a project of this scale and complexity".
Kelvin Davis, the Minister for Te Arawhiti Māori Crown Relations, said the recognition of Māori culture outside Parliament has been "a long time coming" and will play "an important role in ensuring that visually, Parliament represents our shared identity"
"The mōuri markers which are one of the three key elements of Te Kāhui Mōuri will play an essential role in powhiri ceremonies which often occur on the Parliament forecourt, and ensure they run according to manawhenua kawa (protocols) and tikanga (customs)," the Parliamentary Service said......
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The pricetag has been criticised by the ACT Party's leader David Seymour. He has called it "tone-deaf" during a cost of living crisis when Kiwis are "being asked to tighten their belts".
But the Parliamentary Service said it didn't consider the costs unusual "in a project of this scale and complexity".
Kelvin Davis, the Minister for Te Arawhiti Māori Crown Relations, said the recognition of Māori culture outside Parliament has been "a long time coming" and will play "an important role in ensuring that visually, Parliament represents our shared identity"
"The mōuri markers which are one of the three key elements of Te Kāhui Mōuri will play an essential role in powhiri ceremonies which often occur on the Parliament forecourt, and ensure they run according to manawhenua kawa (protocols) and tikanga (customs)," the Parliamentary Service said......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/08/parliament-s-new-te-k-hui-m-uri-marker-cost-500-000.html