Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 19, 2017 16:22:46 GMT 12
LAND WARS SITE TOUTED AS GOLF RESORT
A Taranaki farmer who is offering an historic property for sale as a potential golf resort is being warned to tread carefully.
Heritage Taranaki chairman Ivan Bruce said the Jury farm was full of sites of archaeological interest.
"The place is also likely to be riddled with rifle pits and Māori fortifications all of which are completely sub-surface.
Mr Bruce said any development would be fraught with difficulties.
Dr Ngawhare said he was open to the idea of development but that the hapū would expect to be consulted.
"For us we are very concerned about retaining the historic nature of these wāhi tapu or these sacred sites, these ancestral sites.
"If Mr Jury chooses to sell that land then whoever buys that land will have to go through the proper resource consents and if they are going to change any of the landscapes especially around those wāhi tapu sites they will be coming to speak to us as well." .....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/322636/land-wars-site-touted-as-golf-resort
A Taranaki farmer who is offering an historic property for sale as a potential golf resort is being warned to tread carefully.
Heritage Taranaki chairman Ivan Bruce said the Jury farm was full of sites of archaeological interest.
"The place is also likely to be riddled with rifle pits and Māori fortifications all of which are completely sub-surface.
Mr Bruce said any development would be fraught with difficulties.
Dr Ngawhare said he was open to the idea of development but that the hapū would expect to be consulted.
"For us we are very concerned about retaining the historic nature of these wāhi tapu or these sacred sites, these ancestral sites.
"If Mr Jury chooses to sell that land then whoever buys that land will have to go through the proper resource consents and if they are going to change any of the landscapes especially around those wāhi tapu sites they will be coming to speak to us as well." .....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/322636/land-wars-site-touted-as-golf-resort