Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 18, 2023 6:35:55 GMT 12
SPORTS GROUNDS OR SACRED BATTLE SITE — TUSSLE LOOMS
(Excerpts)
An East Coast sports club has been operating for more than 40 years as the heartbeat of the community. But some members of the local iwi say the land is sacred and should be handed back to descendants of the original owners
.....claiming it was sourced illegally and labelling it “wa¯ hi tapu” due to bloody battles there centuries earlier.
And a descendant of the land’s original owner has told the Herald on Sunday sports should no longer be played there out of respect for the fallen.....(NZ Herald paywall)
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hatea-a-rangi-memorial-park-fight-over-ex-all-blacks-grassroots-rugby-ground-some-locals-want-sport-banned-on-former-maori-battlefield/YLZSEJXJLBHL3GYNJYLG6TNX7Y/
(Excerpts)
An East Coast sports club has been operating for more than 40 years as the heartbeat of the community. But some members of the local iwi say the land is sacred and should be handed back to descendants of the original owners
.....claiming it was sourced illegally and labelling it “wa¯ hi tapu” due to bloody battles there centuries earlier.
And a descendant of the land’s original owner has told the Herald on Sunday sports should no longer be played there out of respect for the fallen.....(NZ Herald paywall)
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hatea-a-rangi-memorial-park-fight-over-ex-all-blacks-grassroots-rugby-ground-some-locals-want-sport-banned-on-former-maori-battlefield/YLZSEJXJLBHL3GYNJYLG6TNX7Y/