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Desecration of Iwi sites
Author
- Karena Puhi
Date Created
- 13 Dec 2005
Date Edited
- 13 Dec 2005 04:58:27 AM
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Desecration of Iwi sites in Wellington angers local tribes.
Archaeological evidence of local Iwi dwellings in the heart of the wellington CBD about to be destroyed by insensitive pakeha developers.
Kia Ora koutou
On the corner of Taranaki and Manners street In Wellington, a large ancient Pa with three or more ancient dwellings dating probably to the 6Th and 7Th century or even later, were unearthed recently by developers on a half acre piece of real estate said local Iwi scientist Karena Puhi. This half acre site would provide for local Iwi a clear picture of the lives Iwi lived in the environs of the Te Whanga Nui A Tara area, one of its original names in pre-pakeha days. The developers are today or very soon going to cover this site with a high rise apartment block, which would destroy any hope of Iwi carrying out an extensive archaeological examination of the site for the next 100 to 200 years. We could find out who was there, what the area was used for, by whom, when and for how long also who was there before the Kupe.
Archaeological evidence of local Iwi dwellings in the heart of the wellington CBD about to be destroyed by insensitive pakeha developers.
Kia Ora koutou
On the corner of Taranaki and Manners street In Wellington, a large ancient Pa with three or more ancient dwellings dating probably to the 6Th and 7Th century or even later, were unearthed recently by developers on a half acre piece of real estate said local Iwi scientist Karena Puhi. This half acre site would provide for local Iwi a clear picture of the lives Iwi lived in the environs of the Te Whanga Nui A Tara area, one of its original names in pre-pakeha days. The developers are today or very soon going to cover this site with a high rise apartment block, which would destroy any hope of Iwi carrying out an extensive archaeological examination of the site for the next 100 to 200 years. We could find out who was there, what the area was used for, by whom, when and for how long also who was there before the Kupe.
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Re: Desecration of Iwi sites
Re: Desecration of Iwi sites
I can well imagine the huge tourist dollars that would have poured into seeing that.
I still remember chancing upon the Skeldersgate dig in York. I spent hours there watching the archeologists working, delivering up pieces sight unseen for centuries. I intended to spend half a day in York and spent three days there. Since money is all that is important these days, surely the tourist dollars York made off me staying longer would have been worth the cost of saving that site from soulless buildings.
Shameful.
What did happen?