Carvings will provide a spectacular welcome to Kororāreka/Russell
15 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM
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Carver Tony Makiha, pictured at work in 2016, will create a gateway and a wero figure to welcome visitors to Kororāreka/Russell. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Carver Tony Makiha, pictured at work in 2016, will create a gateway and a wero figure to welcome visitors to Kororāreka/Russell. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Northland Age
By: Peter Jackson
It s been said that arriving in Kororāreka/Russell is a bit underwhelming, with nothing distinctive or special to the area to greet visitors, let alone to honour its long, rich Māori history. There s the sign by Matauwhi Bay, mostly overgrown, and nothing on the wharf except a lot of advertising, but that s about to change thanks to a bold new initiative that began with Kororāreka Marae, was picked up by the original wharf trust and then by its successor, the Russell Community Wharf Trust.
New carved tomokanga (entrance way) in Northtec s Whangārei campus
12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Looker, former whakairo tutor; Mātua Ross Smith, cultural capability lead; Tokorua Richards, whakairo student; Taipari Munro, Te Amorangi; Andre Pitman, student in NorthTec s new tomokanga.
Mike Looker, former whakairo tutor; Mātua Ross Smith, cultural capability lead; Tokorua Richards, whakairo student; Taipari Munro, Te Amorangi; Andre Pitman, student in NorthTec s new tomokanga.
Northern Advocate
A new carved tomokanga (entrance way) at the front of NorthTec s Te Puna o te Mātauranga marae has been officially blessed, named and opened at a dawn ceremony.
Consent denied for jet fuel tank farm near Whareroa Marae
5 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM
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Joel Ngātuere, marae environment spokesman and Emma Jones of Clear the Air Mount Maunganui stroll the harbour edge by Whareroa Marae. Photo
/ George Novak
An independent commissioner has turned down an oil company s application to build a jet fuel tank farm near a 150-year-old marae in Mount Maunganui. Emotions were running high today among supporters of the Whareroa Marae, and the residents who live and work around it, as news of the decision filtered through.
The marae, of Ngāi Te Rangi hapū Ngāti Kuku and Ngāi Tukairangi, opposed resource consent applications by Timaru Oil Services Ltd to build and operate four 20m-high tanks to store A-1 jet fuel and diesel at 216 Totara St.