Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 24, 2017 16:19:48 GMT 12
ANCESTRAL TARANAKI LAND CHAINED OFF TO FREEDOM CAMPERS
Fed up with their ancestral lands being trampled and strewn with rubbish, the trustees of a Māori reserve in Taranaki have put a chain across a road at a site popular with freedom campers.
The reserve at the end of Paora Road on State Highway 45 contains sensitive cultural sites and the Puniho Pā Trust and other groups have been trying to restore the area.
After discussions with the South Taranaki District Council last year, the council put up signs warning people not to camp on the reserve, but had told the trust it could not block off vehicle access, Mr Ngawhare said.
That had not worked, so frustrated trust members had now put a chain across the track.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/322946/ancestral-taranaki-land-chained-off-to-freedom-campers
Fed up with their ancestral lands being trampled and strewn with rubbish, the trustees of a Māori reserve in Taranaki have put a chain across a road at a site popular with freedom campers.
The reserve at the end of Paora Road on State Highway 45 contains sensitive cultural sites and the Puniho Pā Trust and other groups have been trying to restore the area.
After discussions with the South Taranaki District Council last year, the council put up signs warning people not to camp on the reserve, but had told the trust it could not block off vehicle access, Mr Ngawhare said.
That had not worked, so frustrated trust members had now put a chain across the track.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/322946/ancestral-taranaki-land-chained-off-to-freedom-campers