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Heretaunga Plains Water Hearing Begins

Friday, 21 May 2021, 3:48 pm The Hawke s Bay Regional Council’s catchment plan change hearing for the Heretaunga Plains waterways starts this Monday 24 May in Hastings – nine years after this process began. This plan change hearing is specific to the Tūtaekurī, Ahuriri, Ngaruroro and Karamū catchments. The Plan proposes to add new objectives, policies, and rules to the Regional Resource Management Plan to better manage water quality and quantity. The work behind it first started in 2012 and has been known throughout as the TANK Plan. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s chief executive James Palmer sees the hearing as a milestone in

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Opihi Whanaungakore hearing: Ngāti Awa won't participate in 'desecration of sacred lands'

Opihi Whanaungakore hearing: Ngāti Awa won t participate in desecration of sacred lands 18 Feb, 2021 07:51 PM 9 minutes to read Whakatāne overlooking the ancient coastal urupa Opihi Whanaungakore in background . Photo / File Charlotte is a Local Democracy Reporter based in Whakatane. Iwi have made it clear they will not be participating in the desecration of their sacred, ancestral lands. At the final day of the hearing into the granting of a resource consent for a residential subdivision next to an ancient urupa in Whakatāne, tangata whenua were adamant they would not take part in any accidental discovery protocol if koiwi (bones) were found during development – to do so would sever their whakapapa to the land and make a mockery of their role as kaitiaki, they said.

Planned retirement village, residential development, would 'dishonour and disrespect' cultural land, says iwi

The ancient Opihi Whanaungakore urupa is still used today. CHARLOTTE JONES / LDR Iwi have made it clear they will not be participating in the “desecration” of their sacred, ancestral lands. At the final day of the hearing into the granting of a resource consent for a residential subdivision next to an ancient urupa in Whakatane, tangata whenua were adamant they would not take part in any accidental discovery protocol if koiwi (bones) were found during development – to do so would sever their whakapapa to the land and make a mockery of their role as kaitiaki, they said. Tanagata whenua are trying to stop Whakatāne District Council from granting consent for 240 residential sections and a 250-unit retirement village on land they consider to be wahi tapu and adjacent to the ancient coastal urupa Opihi Whanaungakore, which is still in use today.