A rahui will be placed over Lake Waikaremoana next week, as descendants of the area's original owners fight a Maori Land Court decision made 16 years ago. Yesterday Ngati Ruapani Kaumatua announced they would place a rahui over Lake Waikaremoana, banning all activities on the lake and access across all adjacent Maori land, from Saturday June 25, to the morning of Wednesday, June 29. Kaumatua Kaunihera for Waikaremoana chair Tumanako Waiwai...
Lake case sparks Waikaremoana rahui
Waikaremoana iwi Ngati Ruapani has placed a rahui over the lake at the centre of Te Urewera. Kaumatua chair Tumanako Waiwai says the banapplies to all activities on the lake itself and access across all adjacent Maori land from June 25 to 29. It's in support of the hearing in the Maori Land Court at Wairoa on June 28 of application lodged by applicants representing all descendants of the original owners. Mr Waiwai says the rahui is to...
Lake case sparks Waikaremoana rahui
Waikaremoana iwi Ngati Ruapani has placed a rahui over the lake at the centre of Te Urewera. Kaumatua chair Tumanako Waiwai says the banapplies to all activities on the lake itself and access across all adjacent Maori land from June 25 to 29. It's in support of the hearing in the Maori Land Court at Wairoa on June 28 of application lodged by applicants representing all descendants of the original owners. Mr Waiwai says the rahui is to...
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Oxfam salutes entrants and volunteers
Oxfam New Zealand celebrated entrants and volunteers with an awards night to mark the first Trailwalker staged in the Whakatane district. Trailwalker 2016 raised just short of $1million and although the weather was a challenge for many during the event, organisers and participants rated it highly. Te Kura Whare won 'Best Checkpoint'...
The Tūhoe documentary Ever the Land will screen in Venice this weekend. The acclaimed documentary about the Te Wharehou o Tuhoe (Te Kura Whare) will screen twice in the auditorium of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia on Saturday as part of the public opening of the city's famous Architecture...
