Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 16, 2023 4:27:03 GMT 12
LANDOWNER AGREES NOT TO DIG KARIKARI PENINSULA'S WĀHI TAPU SAND DUNES
n occupation on the Far North's Karikari Peninsula is due to end Wednesday evening after a landowner agreed to hapū demands for permanent protection of sand dunes regarded as a wāhi tapu (sacred place).
The occupation was sparked four weeks ago when the landowner planned to use a digger to widen an accessway through the dunes at Pātia o Matariki, near Whatuwhiwhi.
The Far North District Council had given permission for the work, but local hapū Te Whānau Moana and Te Rorohuri said the dunes were a burial site used by their ancestors....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/502485/landowner-agrees-not-to-dig-karikari-peninsula-s-wahi-tapu-sand-dunes
n occupation on the Far North's Karikari Peninsula is due to end Wednesday evening after a landowner agreed to hapū demands for permanent protection of sand dunes regarded as a wāhi tapu (sacred place).
The occupation was sparked four weeks ago when the landowner planned to use a digger to widen an accessway through the dunes at Pātia o Matariki, near Whatuwhiwhi.
The Far North District Council had given permission for the work, but local hapū Te Whānau Moana and Te Rorohuri said the dunes were a burial site used by their ancestors....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/502485/landowner-agrees-not-to-dig-karikari-peninsula-s-wahi-tapu-sand-dunes