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Press Release – Markom An Erebus family member, Margaret Brough, daughter of Aubrey Brough who was on the flight has contacted Dame Naida and the Prime Minister today with further details about the process of advising families about the location of the Erebus National Memorial. She wrote out of concern to both leaders “because it seems from the media that all Erebus families are united in supporting the location of the National Erebus Memorial. This is not the case.” The correspondence advises that “the majority of families were against it” and the site selection appears to be predetermined. “I was at the 2018 Memorial my understanding is the site was already chosen prior because it was there, I was told where it was going to be.” ....
Letters: House prices, building to last and the Erebus memorial 5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read Is radical Government intervention needed to make it financially prohibitive for speculators to invest so heavily in property? Photo / Michael Cunningham, File Is radical Government intervention needed to make it financially prohibitive for speculators to invest so heavily in property? Photo / Michael Cunningham, File NZ Herald Letter of the week: John Crockett, Kerikeri A lot of words have been tossed around regarding the housing crisis, generating more heat than light. Congratulations to Fran O Sullivan (Weekend Herald, February 27) for providing the best analysis of the problem to date, and what to do about it. ....
Those protesting against a memorial are disrespecting those who died in the 1979 tragedy an Erebus family member says. Protesters have occupied the pā site of Mataharehare in protest of the Erebus memorial planned for Sir Dove-Myer Robinson Park in Parnell Photo: RNZ Three tents were pitched in Sir Dove-Myer Robinson Park in the Auckland suburb of Parnell where the memorial is planned. However, mana whenua Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei has expressed its full support for the memorial and detailed its extensive involvement in the process. Dame Naida s comments and the camping follow long-standing opposition from local residents who canned plans to glamp in protest at the proposed site when the latest alert level 3 lockdown was announced. ....