Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 21, 2017 18:01:52 GMT 12
AUCKLAND MANA WHENUA TAKES HOUSING OPPOSITION TO UN
A Māori interest group is taking its battle over a south Auckland housing development to the United Nations.
Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL) was set up due to community concerns about Special Housing Area 62 at Ihumātao.
Fletcher Residential bought the land and is planning to build 480 homes on the 32 hectares near Māngere.
However, local mana whenua claim the area is culturally significant and archaeologists believe it could contain middens, lava caves and Māori burial sites.
The site is located next to the Ōtuataua Stonefields, a category 2 historic place. Carbon dating puts human settlement in the area around 1160 AD.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/04/auckland-mana-whenua-takes-housing-opposition-to-un.html
A Māori interest group is taking its battle over a south Auckland housing development to the United Nations.
Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL) was set up due to community concerns about Special Housing Area 62 at Ihumātao.
Fletcher Residential bought the land and is planning to build 480 homes on the 32 hectares near Māngere.
However, local mana whenua claim the area is culturally significant and archaeologists believe it could contain middens, lava caves and Māori burial sites.
The site is located next to the Ōtuataua Stonefields, a category 2 historic place. Carbon dating puts human settlement in the area around 1160 AD.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/04/auckland-mana-whenua-takes-housing-opposition-to-un.html