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'PAY FOR IT YOURSELVES': NZ FIRST MP SHANE JONES SAVAGES HAPŪ'S PAPATŪĀNUKU PROPOSAL
NZ First MP Shane Jones has savaged a proposal for a giant statue of Papatūānuku at Bastion Point, saying it is laughable Aucklanders are forking out for the work.
Auckland Council has earmarked $1 million in its budget for the project, but Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei Trust deputy chairman spokesman Ngarimu Blair says the idea is unformed and it is "early days".
But Jones, who is also Regional Economic Development Minister and Associate Finance Minister, ripped into the idea during an interview with Stuff on Monday.
"The notion that the ratepayers of Auckland should foot the costs for this cultural mimicry promoted by the Ōrākei hapū is risible," Jones said.
"We need to bear in mind that the Maoris up at Ōrākei do not have an exclusive rights to promote a statue in the form of the earth goddess on behalf of anyone other than themselves.
"If they want it for themselves then they should spend their own money and not misrepresent the broader Maori community that a statue, in the form of Christ the Redeemer out of Brazil, is an appropriate expression of Maori identity, or indeed New Zealand identity."....
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/105514486/pay-for-it-yourselves-nz-first-mp-shane-jones-savages-haps-papatnuku-proposal
REPAIRING THE VANDALISED TE RANGATIRA O WAIHĪ STATUE TOOK $15K AND ‘VERY SPECIFIC SKILLS’
A bronze chief has had $15K in repairs more than a decade after his taiaha was broken and his patu taken.
The statue, Te Rangatira, was created by sculptor Michael Weir for the Waihī Streetscape 2000. He was commissioned by the Hauraki District Council to create a rangatira (Māori chief) holding a taiaha (spear) and “striking the ground from which water gushed”.
Just 18 months after the statue was installed the tongue of the taiaha was broken off and left in the bushes. Then, in 2011, the other end of the taiaha was broken off, and the patu (club) was removed.
Newmont Mines originally funded the statue, but Hauraki District Council cash had to cover the restoration process, communications team leader Margaret Maclaurin said....
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350341286/repairing-vandalised-te-rangatira-o-waihi-statue-took-15k-and-very-specific
NZ First MP Shane Jones has savaged a proposal for a giant statue of Papatūānuku at Bastion Point, saying it is laughable Aucklanders are forking out for the work.
Auckland Council has earmarked $1 million in its budget for the project, but Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei Trust deputy chairman spokesman Ngarimu Blair says the idea is unformed and it is "early days".
But Jones, who is also Regional Economic Development Minister and Associate Finance Minister, ripped into the idea during an interview with Stuff on Monday.
"The notion that the ratepayers of Auckland should foot the costs for this cultural mimicry promoted by the Ōrākei hapū is risible," Jones said.
"We need to bear in mind that the Maoris up at Ōrākei do not have an exclusive rights to promote a statue in the form of the earth goddess on behalf of anyone other than themselves.
"If they want it for themselves then they should spend their own money and not misrepresent the broader Maori community that a statue, in the form of Christ the Redeemer out of Brazil, is an appropriate expression of Maori identity, or indeed New Zealand identity."....
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/105514486/pay-for-it-yourselves-nz-first-mp-shane-jones-savages-haps-papatnuku-proposal
REPAIRING THE VANDALISED TE RANGATIRA O WAIHĪ STATUE TOOK $15K AND ‘VERY SPECIFIC SKILLS’
A bronze chief has had $15K in repairs more than a decade after his taiaha was broken and his patu taken.
The statue, Te Rangatira, was created by sculptor Michael Weir for the Waihī Streetscape 2000. He was commissioned by the Hauraki District Council to create a rangatira (Māori chief) holding a taiaha (spear) and “striking the ground from which water gushed”.
Just 18 months after the statue was installed the tongue of the taiaha was broken off and left in the bushes. Then, in 2011, the other end of the taiaha was broken off, and the patu (club) was removed.
Newmont Mines originally funded the statue, but Hauraki District Council cash had to cover the restoration process, communications team leader Margaret Maclaurin said....
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350341286/repairing-vandalised-te-rangatira-o-waihi-statue-took-15k-and-very-specific