Hapū hurting after historical land loss in Te Awahou
Huataki Whareaitu spoke on behalf of Nga Hapū o Kererū, whose people had previously lived at Matakarapa, the land within the Foxton River Loop. He said the Crown had taken a path of deception and land alienation towards people in the area. “We’re like a moth to the light, hoping to get a few crumbs from what was [our] house originally. “We have to come along like homeless people and search for a meal, beg for a meal.” He said the people had lived in the waterways all their lives, but the Crown assumed authority over their waterway. In 1949 his grandmother moved the family into...
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