Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 14, 2020 3:47:56 GMT 12
MANAWATŪ GORGE REPLACEMENT HIGHWAY RAISES ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IWI
Building a new highway across the lower North Island has iwi worried about the impact on significant cultural sites, including the burial site of chiefs.
As part of the consent process, five iwi groups contributed cultural impact assessments.
Rangitāne o Manawatū said the highway would go through and beside wāhi tapū and sites of significance.
One of the most significant was Te Ahu a Turanga peak, where a group of Rangitāne chiefs and Turanga-i-mua - his father captained the Aotea waka to Aotearoa New Zealand from Hawaiki - were killed and buried.
"The wairua of these sites and wider area remains strong to this day and into the future, thus Rangitāne o Manawatū see the entire road corridor as a wāhi tapū."
The iwi was also worried about construction in the Ruahine Ranges and the impact on burial grounds and sites where placenta had been buried.
"Rangitāne believe that some of the resting places of their tupuna are going to be disturbed."......
www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/120975410/manawat-gorge-replacement-highway-raises-issues-and-opportunities-for-iwi
Building a new highway across the lower North Island has iwi worried about the impact on significant cultural sites, including the burial site of chiefs.
As part of the consent process, five iwi groups contributed cultural impact assessments.
Rangitāne o Manawatū said the highway would go through and beside wāhi tapū and sites of significance.
One of the most significant was Te Ahu a Turanga peak, where a group of Rangitāne chiefs and Turanga-i-mua - his father captained the Aotea waka to Aotearoa New Zealand from Hawaiki - were killed and buried.
"The wairua of these sites and wider area remains strong to this day and into the future, thus Rangitāne o Manawatū see the entire road corridor as a wāhi tapū."
The iwi was also worried about construction in the Ruahine Ranges and the impact on burial grounds and sites where placenta had been buried.
"Rangitāne believe that some of the resting places of their tupuna are going to be disturbed."......
www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/120975410/manawat-gorge-replacement-highway-raises-issues-and-opportunities-for-iwi