Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 26, 2020 3:21:33 GMT 12
WAITEMATA LOCAL BOARD GETS DRESSING-DOWN FROM NGĀTI WHĀTUA HISTORIAN OVER TREE REMOVAL PLAN
The plan to get rid of some 200 pine trees has already proven hugely controversial among a group of Western Springs locals, but had up until this morning been a predominantly Pākehā protest.
But Ngāti Whātua historian and tikanga expert Joe Pihema said the local board had derailed its relationship with the iwi by failing to consult.
"My mana whenua has been diminished by a voting process which says, 'You get a vote, you get a vote, you get a vote'. But Ngāti Whātua, who are the mana whenua ... we are always blocked," he said......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/410335/waitemata-local-board-gets-dressing-down-from-ngati-whatua-historian-over-tree-removal-plan
The plan to get rid of some 200 pine trees has already proven hugely controversial among a group of Western Springs locals, but had up until this morning been a predominantly Pākehā protest.
But Ngāti Whātua historian and tikanga expert Joe Pihema said the local board had derailed its relationship with the iwi by failing to consult.
"My mana whenua has been diminished by a voting process which says, 'You get a vote, you get a vote, you get a vote'. But Ngāti Whātua, who are the mana whenua ... we are always blocked," he said......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/410335/waitemata-local-board-gets-dressing-down-from-ngati-whatua-historian-over-tree-removal-plan