Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 28, 2018 17:17:55 GMT 12
'FORESHORE BELONGS TO US' - TRIBE'S LORE REVEALED AFTER SURF SHOOTING HITS HEADLINES
A handful of holiday baches sit quietly at the beachfront. A small swell bends around Honipaka, or Albatross Point, to the ill-famed beach where surfers say they were shot at.
Police visited village elders as part of their investigation and visited this scene. This coast is isolated and notorious. Outsiders are typically allowed to surf 'by invitation', according to Raglan's Daniel Kereopa.
The stance infuriated many, including members of parliament, who believe the sea is free for everyone to use
Ngāti Mahuta own massive tracts of farm and forest here as well as the ironsand mining operation over the hill at Taharoa.
And they own the sea, too, tribal matriarch Connie Hepi says.
"We claim the foreshore right around and we are only protecting it. The worry is, for the kaitiaki of the moana, is [others] can come in by boat or jet ski now......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/106584792/foreshore-belongs-to-us--tribes-lore-revealed-after-surf-shooting-hits-headlines
A handful of holiday baches sit quietly at the beachfront. A small swell bends around Honipaka, or Albatross Point, to the ill-famed beach where surfers say they were shot at.
Police visited village elders as part of their investigation and visited this scene. This coast is isolated and notorious. Outsiders are typically allowed to surf 'by invitation', according to Raglan's Daniel Kereopa.
The stance infuriated many, including members of parliament, who believe the sea is free for everyone to use
Ngāti Mahuta own massive tracts of farm and forest here as well as the ironsand mining operation over the hill at Taharoa.
And they own the sea, too, tribal matriarch Connie Hepi says.
"We claim the foreshore right around and we are only protecting it. The worry is, for the kaitiaki of the moana, is [others] can come in by boat or jet ski now......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/106584792/foreshore-belongs-to-us--tribes-lore-revealed-after-surf-shooting-hits-headlines