In social studies we had to do a 600 work essay this my work.
Why does Maori not want to give the government the land at ihumatao.
The Ihumatao land is recorded on the United Nations International Council on Monuments and Sites at risk. This cultural heritage landscape matters because or its stories,ecological values are critical to our understanding of the histories and futures of our country.
For Māori this place is an important place because this land embodies sources of identity and wellbeing as well as family, community relationships.
Ihumātao, believed to be one of the first places where Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau settled, farmed and thrived, has been designated to make way for 480 new homes in a city crippled by a housing crisis because of all of the new people coming into our country.
1863
The land was taken from the Maori during the waikato invasion well according to Soul.
The land was taken by the new Zealand settlement act. This interfering with the waitangi treaty,signed in 1840.
Historically the land was believed to be occupied by the waikato-tainui.
1867
Crown grant broke the treaty and stole the land from the Maori tribe waikato-tainui and other smaller local tribes
2012
Auckland Council tried to make the land open into public space, but the move was challenged in the Environment Court and council was directed to rezone the land.Meaning it could be developed for business or residential purposes in future.
2014
After the City was formed, the government and Auckland Council designated 32 hectares adjacent to the Otuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve as a Special Housing Area.
Pania Newton, one of the founders of SOUL along with cousins and other locals raised concerns saying they would oppose the zoning of the land.
2019
SOUL along with other supporters in Wellington took their petition to Parliament demanding government intervention to prevent a confrontation on the land.
The following month a hikoi, ending in Auckland's Aotea Square saw a 20,000 signature petition delivered to Auckland mayor Phil Goff calling for local council and government to protect the land.
The same month, the Māori Affairs select committee said it was considering the case and could recommend the government finds a way to stop the development, initiate a Treaty justice process or even return the land to the mana whenua.
An eviction notice was served to those occupying the land. Auckland mayor Phil Goff said after several efforts there was nothing more the council could do to.Some Auckland councillors said they regretted signing off on the Ihumātao land being used for housing and voted unanimously in favour of organising an urgent meeting between interested parties as a last ditch effort to resolve the dispute.
A recent Environment Court decision showed significant flaws in New Zealand’s heritage legislation that did not allow the Court to consider the values of whole cultural heritage landscape when reviewing Heritage NZ’s decision to grant the company the authority to modify or destroy Maori archaeological and other heritage sites on the land. Gaining that authority doesn't make the decision right, it simply puts it within the narrow terms of the existing law and allows the developer to proceed.
SOUL has now exhausted every legal means to stop the development. We need the Government and Auckland Council to step in. We are fast approaching a confrontation on the land, but will keep doing everything we can to prevent that from happening. We need collective action and innovative thinking to resolve this mounting crisis.
We’re now calling on the public to take a stand for this land. Join us in protecting this unique landscape for all New Zealanders and future generations. Please sign this petition now!
The Ihumatao land is recorded on the United Nations International Council on Monuments and Sites at risk. This cultural heritage landscape matters because or its stories,ecological values are critical to our understanding of the histories and futures of our country.
For Māori this place is an important place because this land embodies sources of identity and wellbeing as well as family, community relationships.
Ihumātao, believed to be one of the first places where Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau settled, farmed and thrived, has been designated to make way for 480 new homes in a city crippled by a housing crisis because of all of the new people coming into our country.
1863
The land was taken from the Maori during the waikato invasion well according to Soul.
The land was taken by the new Zealand settlement act. This interfering with the waitangi treaty,signed in 1840.
Historically the land was believed to be occupied by the waikato-tainui.
1867
Crown grant broke the treaty and stole the land from the Maori tribe waikato-tainui and other smaller local tribes
2012
Auckland Council tried to make the land open into public space, but the move was challenged in the Environment Court and council was directed to rezone the land.Meaning it could be developed for business or residential purposes in future.
2014
After the City was formed, the government and Auckland Council designated 32 hectares adjacent to the Otuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve as a Special Housing Area.
Pania Newton, one of the founders of SOUL along with cousins and other locals raised concerns saying they would oppose the zoning of the land.
2019
SOUL along with other supporters in Wellington took their petition to Parliament demanding government intervention to prevent a confrontation on the land.
The following month a hikoi, ending in Auckland's Aotea Square saw a 20,000 signature petition delivered to Auckland mayor Phil Goff calling for local council and government to protect the land.
The same month, the Māori Affairs select committee said it was considering the case and could recommend the government finds a way to stop the development, initiate a Treaty justice process or even return the land to the mana whenua.
An eviction notice was served to those occupying the land. Auckland mayor Phil Goff said after several efforts there was nothing more the council could do to.Some Auckland councillors said they regretted signing off on the Ihumātao land being used for housing and voted unanimously in favour of organising an urgent meeting between interested parties as a last ditch effort to resolve the dispute.
A recent Environment Court decision showed significant flaws in New Zealand’s heritage legislation that did not allow the Court to consider the values of whole cultural heritage landscape when reviewing Heritage NZ’s decision to grant the company the authority to modify or destroy Maori archaeological and other heritage sites on the land. Gaining that authority doesn't make the decision right, it simply puts it within the narrow terms of the existing law and allows the developer to proceed.
SOUL has now exhausted every legal means to stop the development. We need the Government and Auckland Council to step in. We are fast approaching a confrontation on the land, but will keep doing everything we can to prevent that from happening. We need collective action and innovative thinking to resolve this mounting crisis.
We’re now calling on the public to take a stand for this land. Join us in protecting this unique landscape for all New Zealanders and future generations. Please sign this petition now!
Information from the otargo daily times https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/rnz/ihumatao-land-battle-timeline
Date:13.8.2019
By: Vaden
Date:13.8.2019
By: Vaden
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