Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 28, 2020 3:39:49 GMT 12
ĀTIAWA KI WHAKARONGOTAI WELCOMES TRIBUNAL FINDINGS AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL URUPĀ
WAI 1945 claimants, supported by Ātiawa kaumātua and Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust, welcome the Waitangi Tribunal report on the Kārewarewa Urupā, and its findings that the systematic lack of Crown protection led to its development and desecration.
The damning report, released today, outlines that, despite being an historically significant burial site in Waikanae, a series of failings on the part of the Crown over more than 120 years prejudiced the iwi, leading to their loss of ownership and control of the urupā, the removal of its ‘Māori Cemetery’ designation, and ultimately the desecration of the urupā via the construction of a housing development on more than half of the urupā block. The report notes that the developers continue to attempt to progress further development today......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2005/S00347/atiawa-ki-whakarongotai-welcomes-tribunal-findings-against-development-of-local-urupa.htm
WAI 1945 claimants, supported by Ātiawa kaumātua and Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust, welcome the Waitangi Tribunal report on the Kārewarewa Urupā, and its findings that the systematic lack of Crown protection led to its development and desecration.
The damning report, released today, outlines that, despite being an historically significant burial site in Waikanae, a series of failings on the part of the Crown over more than 120 years prejudiced the iwi, leading to their loss of ownership and control of the urupā, the removal of its ‘Māori Cemetery’ designation, and ultimately the desecration of the urupā via the construction of a housing development on more than half of the urupā block. The report notes that the developers continue to attempt to progress further development today......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2005/S00347/atiawa-ki-whakarongotai-welcomes-tribunal-findings-against-development-of-local-urupa.htm