Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 3, 2020 3:52:41 GMT 12
NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF IHUMATAO CONSIDERED
Heritage New Zealand has upgraded the Ōtuataua Stonefields to its category 1 listing - and it could go higher.
Conversations with iwi are continuing.
"Because we want to look at this land not just being category 1. Perhaps it has other categories of significance we could align with it such as wāhi tapu, wāhi tūpuna or in fact under our current legislation 2014, the most significant is a national historic landmark, so we think it has a fantastic story of history and heritage," Mr Coleman says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjM3MTM
Heritage New Zealand has upgraded the Ōtuataua Stonefields to its category 1 listing - and it could go higher.
Conversations with iwi are continuing.
"Because we want to look at this land not just being category 1. Perhaps it has other categories of significance we could align with it such as wāhi tapu, wāhi tūpuna or in fact under our current legislation 2014, the most significant is a national historic landmark, so we think it has a fantastic story of history and heritage," Mr Coleman says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjM3MTM