Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 19, 2023 5:39:41 GMT 12
NORTHLAND HAPŪ SEEK PROTECTION OF ANCIENT BURIAL GROUND AFTER DESECRATION
Whatuwhiwhi-based hapū Te Rorohuri and Te Whānau Moana have reached out to Pouhere Taonga Heritage NZ in an effort to protect an ancient burial site they say is being desecrated.
Makeshift blockades have been set up on the site near Doubtless Bay, traditionally named Te Pātia o Matariki. This is where local Māori say they had seen a person with a digger create an access way through the sand dunes.
One uri Keringawai Evans describes the sand dunes as a sacred wāhi tapu for the hapū....
www.1news.co.nz/2023/08/17/northland-hapu-seek-protection-of-ancient-burial-ground-after-desecration/
Whatuwhiwhi-based hapū Te Rorohuri and Te Whānau Moana have reached out to Pouhere Taonga Heritage NZ in an effort to protect an ancient burial site they say is being desecrated.
Makeshift blockades have been set up on the site near Doubtless Bay, traditionally named Te Pātia o Matariki. This is where local Māori say they had seen a person with a digger create an access way through the sand dunes.
One uri Keringawai Evans describes the sand dunes as a sacred wāhi tapu for the hapū....
www.1news.co.nz/2023/08/17/northland-hapu-seek-protection-of-ancient-burial-ground-after-desecration/