Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 15, 2016 16:31:12 GMT 12
Stranded orca blessed before burial at Patea Beach
About 8am on Monday the Department of Conservation announced the whale had died before a blessing and burial ceremony was held on the beach
Iwi members, Patea residents, DOC staff and police attended the ceremony where Kaumatua Syd Kershaw blessed the mammal before it was dragged up the beach by a digger and into a large hole.
A rahui has been placed on an area of the beach and will last a month, Ngapari Nui, of Ngati Ruanui said.
"Maori see the whale as a person so we have the same mourning process, which is the reason for the rahui."….
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/77836745/Whale-stranding-reported-in-Patea
About 8am on Monday the Department of Conservation announced the whale had died before a blessing and burial ceremony was held on the beach
Iwi members, Patea residents, DOC staff and police attended the ceremony where Kaumatua Syd Kershaw blessed the mammal before it was dragged up the beach by a digger and into a large hole.
A rahui has been placed on an area of the beach and will last a month, Ngapari Nui, of Ngati Ruanui said.
"Maori see the whale as a person so we have the same mourning process, which is the reason for the rahui."….
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/77836745/Whale-stranding-reported-in-Patea