Brianna Mcilraith05:30, Aug 04 2021
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New Plymouth developer and builder Willie Still, 93, died in 2020 before his seven section subdivision was complete.
A New Plymouth hapū has compromised on the name of a new right of way, but says district council policies in the issue need to change. “It’s interesting we as mana whenua are always having to compromise,” Damon Ritai, of Ngāti Te Whiti, told the New Plymouth District Council’s Te Huinga Taumatua committee meeting on Tuesday.
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The Te Huinga Taumatua committee voted to name a right of way off London Tce as Wilson Way, and a Junction St right of way as Kōhatu Boulder Way. (file photo)
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Ngāti te Whiti hapū had called on New Plymouth District to involve Māori when developments are first considered, saying their late involvement is leading to painful compromises.
The council s iwi committee promised officials would be instructed to change how they work so mana whenua are consulted from the start of resource consent processes.
Te Huinga Taumatua yesterday approved a name for a right-of-way in a small new subdivision, after a months-long process.
The developer Wilson Still, who was long active in property development in New Plymouth, died during the project.
His family wanted to name the right-of-way after him, but Te Huinga Taumatua had instead offered the name Mahea Tōtara Way, both to honour Still as a fallen tōtara to his whanau and community, and to reference Puketōtara pā.
The developer Wilson Still, who was long active in property development in New Plymouth, died during the project. His family wanted to name the right-of-way after him, but Te Huinga Taumatua had instead offered the name Mahea Tōtara Way, both to honour Still as a fallen tōtara to his whānau and community, and to reference Puketōtara pā. A compromise was agreed, with the lane to be named Wilson Way and tōtara trees planted to carry the Ngāti Te Whiti narrative.
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The co-chair of Te Huinga Taumatua, Gordon Brown, said the committee had to take Ngāti Te Whiti’s view on board.
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