Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 4, 2024 4:54:00 GMT 12
CROWN PLEDGES RETURN OF HISTORIC ŌRĀKAU BATTLE SITE
A hundred and sixty years after the battle at Ōrākau, the Crown has pledged to return the historic Waikato site to Māori.
On Tuesday members of the Crown were welcomed onto the historic site, while the minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti and Hamilton West MP, Tama Potaka, pledged to return the grounds to mana whenua during a speech.
“Ōrākau demonstrates the whakapapa [ancestral] strength, rangatiratanga strength and the whanaungatanga strength in the face of mass loss of life and devastation of property,” Potaka said.......
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350232591/crown-pledges-return-historic-orakau-battle-site
TŌWAI OCCUPATION UPS PRESSURE FOR NGĀPUHI SETTLEMENT
Whānau from Ngāti Hau are occupying a former school at Tōwai.
The school closed in 2004 because of a falling roll, but the crown refused requests by the hapu and others to landbank the 2 hectare property because of the significant cost that would incur.
Instead it was bought by Housing New Zealand and then on-sold when development plans fell through.
Ngāti Hau uri and Green MP Huhana Lyndon says the crown needs to buy the property for fair market value and hand it over to the hapu.
“Ngāti Hau Akerama whanau, the haukainga of Tōwai, are in there occupying right now. They’re there and they want to hold that space because the crown call is the Crown needs to do right.....
waateanews.com/2024/04/03/towai-occupation-ups-pressure-for-ngapuhi-settlement/
A hundred and sixty years after the battle at Ōrākau, the Crown has pledged to return the historic Waikato site to Māori.
On Tuesday members of the Crown were welcomed onto the historic site, while the minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti and Hamilton West MP, Tama Potaka, pledged to return the grounds to mana whenua during a speech.
“Ōrākau demonstrates the whakapapa [ancestral] strength, rangatiratanga strength and the whanaungatanga strength in the face of mass loss of life and devastation of property,” Potaka said.......
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350232591/crown-pledges-return-historic-orakau-battle-site
TŌWAI OCCUPATION UPS PRESSURE FOR NGĀPUHI SETTLEMENT
Whānau from Ngāti Hau are occupying a former school at Tōwai.
The school closed in 2004 because of a falling roll, but the crown refused requests by the hapu and others to landbank the 2 hectare property because of the significant cost that would incur.
Instead it was bought by Housing New Zealand and then on-sold when development plans fell through.
Ngāti Hau uri and Green MP Huhana Lyndon says the crown needs to buy the property for fair market value and hand it over to the hapu.
“Ngāti Hau Akerama whanau, the haukainga of Tōwai, are in there occupying right now. They’re there and they want to hold that space because the crown call is the Crown needs to do right.....
waateanews.com/2024/04/03/towai-occupation-ups-pressure-for-ngapuhi-settlement/