Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 16, 2017 18:00:25 GMT 12
VETERANS' FARM HAS DONE ITS JOB NOW RETURN IT – IWI
A farm set up to help Māori veterans from World War I has done its job and the land should be given back, a marae in Wairoa says.
But the manager of the multi-million dollar Hereheretau Station said the veterans might have died but the land could still help future generations.
Hereheretau Station was built on Māori land in the early 1950s to support Māori soldiers who had returned home from the World War I.
The income from the sheep and beef farm was used to assist the veterans and to help pay for hui or funerals......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/330846/veterans%27-farm-has-done-its-job-now-return-it-iwi
A farm set up to help Māori veterans from World War I has done its job and the land should be given back, a marae in Wairoa says.
But the manager of the multi-million dollar Hereheretau Station said the veterans might have died but the land could still help future generations.
Hereheretau Station was built on Māori land in the early 1950s to support Māori soldiers who had returned home from the World War I.
The income from the sheep and beef farm was used to assist the veterans and to help pay for hui or funerals......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/330846/veterans%27-farm-has-done-its-job-now-return-it-iwi