Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 30, 2020 3:47:47 GMT 12
SOUTH TARANAKI'S PARIHAKA COMMUNITY GETS $14M FROM PROVINCIAL GROWTH FUND
Taranaki's Parihaka community has been given $14 million to build a visitor centre and make other improvements to preserve and share the history of the settlement, ministers have announced.
Shane Jones, the Minister of Regional Economic Development, and Andrew Little, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, announced the funding on Monday.
It would be provided to the Parihaka Papakāinga Trust in Taranaki.
The money comes three years after a $9m reconciliation package and a Crown apology for the 1881 invasion of the South Taranaki community by armed troops.
Jones said the improvements would boost the local economy and provide up to 130 jobs......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/121969410/south-taranakis-parihaka-community-gets-14m-from-provincial-growth-fund
Taranaki's Parihaka community has been given $14 million to build a visitor centre and make other improvements to preserve and share the history of the settlement, ministers have announced.
Shane Jones, the Minister of Regional Economic Development, and Andrew Little, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, announced the funding on Monday.
It would be provided to the Parihaka Papakāinga Trust in Taranaki.
The money comes three years after a $9m reconciliation package and a Crown apology for the 1881 invasion of the South Taranaki community by armed troops.
Jones said the improvements would boost the local economy and provide up to 130 jobs......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/121969410/south-taranakis-parihaka-community-gets-14m-from-provincial-growth-fund