Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 17, 2023 4:35:00 GMT 12
'A SHARED FUTURE': NEW MARINA NOT JUST A MARINA
That was very much the theme at the official opening of the $30 million Waikawa North West Marina on Friday afternoon, with young and old gathering for the occasion. The formal ribbon-cutting duties fell to the former, many of them pupils at Waikawa Bay School.
Justin Carter, chief executive of Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui Trust, said the iwi had been on a long journey with Port Marlborough to deliver the marina, and he was pleased with the outcome.
It was important the project acknowledged “how important the area was and is to Te Ātiawa”, he said.
Earlier in the day, Te Ātiawa and Port Marlborough signed a kawenata, or covenant, to acknowledge the relationship they had built over the past decade or so, bringing the marina together......
www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/133461153/a-shared-future-new-marina-not-just-a-marina
That was very much the theme at the official opening of the $30 million Waikawa North West Marina on Friday afternoon, with young and old gathering for the occasion. The formal ribbon-cutting duties fell to the former, many of them pupils at Waikawa Bay School.
Justin Carter, chief executive of Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui Trust, said the iwi had been on a long journey with Port Marlborough to deliver the marina, and he was pleased with the outcome.
It was important the project acknowledged “how important the area was and is to Te Ātiawa”, he said.
Earlier in the day, Te Ātiawa and Port Marlborough signed a kawenata, or covenant, to acknowledge the relationship they had built over the past decade or so, bringing the marina together......
www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/133461153/a-shared-future-new-marina-not-just-a-marina