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AUCKLAND IWI NGĀI TAI KI TĀMAKI LAYS OUT BIKES AND BEDS PLANS FOR MOTUTAPU
Auckland iwi Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki has unveiled plans to offer biking tours and accommodation on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf.
The iwi signed a relationship agreement with the Department of Conservation on Wednesday, which gave them a role as mana whenua in influencing policies, looking after the whenua (land) and taonga species, providing visitor information and protecting waahi tapu (sacred sites).
The agreement was a condition of last year's Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Deed of Settlement, but was delayed while the courts heard challenges by the iwi to ferry and tourism concessions granted by DoC.
Ngāi Tai won those cases, which concluded in the Supreme Court in December, and chair James Brown told Waatea News they were excited to finally be able to exercise manaakitanga and rangatiratanga over the motu.
"We're wanting to partner in the true sense with our DoC agent, a true treaty partnership and an example of that is how we could partner on Motutapu Island."
The iwi also wanted to invest in lodge accommodation on the island, could look at projects like a zipline to the summit of Rangitoto in the future......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12195046
RANGITOTO ZIPLINE, GONDOLA RIDES SUGGESTED: IWI PLAN TO MAKE ISLAND MORE ACCESSIBLE
Aucklanders may soon be able to zipline from Rangitoto Island's summit.
An influential Auckland iwi leader has put forward commercial plans for zipline and gondola rides on Rangitoto.
The proposal, which is currently being considered, has also won the backing of the powerful Tāmaki Makaurau rangatira.
Brown didn't mince words when responding to the question of whether the new amenities could damage the environment.
"To any person who says 'that's not good for the islands and that's wrecking the environment' - my ancestors didn't wreck Rangitoto or Motutapu or any island. The Crown and its mates did. You would not be able to see these [rides] from the mainland because the [crater] rim is lower than the summit and there's landing points," Brown said of the plans......
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12195332
Auckland iwi Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki has unveiled plans to offer biking tours and accommodation on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf.
The iwi signed a relationship agreement with the Department of Conservation on Wednesday, which gave them a role as mana whenua in influencing policies, looking after the whenua (land) and taonga species, providing visitor information and protecting waahi tapu (sacred sites).
The agreement was a condition of last year's Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Deed of Settlement, but was delayed while the courts heard challenges by the iwi to ferry and tourism concessions granted by DoC.
Ngāi Tai won those cases, which concluded in the Supreme Court in December, and chair James Brown told Waatea News they were excited to finally be able to exercise manaakitanga and rangatiratanga over the motu.
"We're wanting to partner in the true sense with our DoC agent, a true treaty partnership and an example of that is how we could partner on Motutapu Island."
The iwi also wanted to invest in lodge accommodation on the island, could look at projects like a zipline to the summit of Rangitoto in the future......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12195046
RANGITOTO ZIPLINE, GONDOLA RIDES SUGGESTED: IWI PLAN TO MAKE ISLAND MORE ACCESSIBLE
Aucklanders may soon be able to zipline from Rangitoto Island's summit.
An influential Auckland iwi leader has put forward commercial plans for zipline and gondola rides on Rangitoto.
The proposal, which is currently being considered, has also won the backing of the powerful Tāmaki Makaurau rangatira.
Brown didn't mince words when responding to the question of whether the new amenities could damage the environment.
"To any person who says 'that's not good for the islands and that's wrecking the environment' - my ancestors didn't wreck Rangitoto or Motutapu or any island. The Crown and its mates did. You would not be able to see these [rides] from the mainland because the [crater] rim is lower than the summit and there's landing points," Brown said of the plans......
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12195332