Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 8, 2020 3:08:18 GMT 12
LAND ON OLD WELLINGTON PRISON SITE 'TOO SACRED' FOR HOUSING - MAU WHENUA
Prime Wellington land earmarked for a substantial development is being described by some iwi as too sacred for housing.
But some members of Taranaki Whānui do not believe the land should be used for housing.
"The whenua - that land up there - Mt Crawford, is to our thinking sacred land," said the chair of Mau Whenua, Hirini Jenkins-Mepham......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/427778/land-on-old-wellington-prison-site-too-sacred-for-housing-mau-whenua
Prime Wellington land earmarked for a substantial development is being described by some iwi as too sacred for housing.
But some members of Taranaki Whānui do not believe the land should be used for housing.
"The whenua - that land up there - Mt Crawford, is to our thinking sacred land," said the chair of Mau Whenua, Hirini Jenkins-Mepham......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/427778/land-on-old-wellington-prison-site-too-sacred-for-housing-mau-whenua