ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM legal submissions [pdf, 211 KB]
...of foreshore reserves. 1.3 Matiatia is also highly valued by mana whenua and other Maori who have taken care of it for generations. It is a rich cultural landscape, evident from its extensive pre and post contact archaeological sites and the enduring oral histories of its past still known to mana whenua to this day. The presence in the Bay of tupuna, still alive to mana whenua and others despite physical death centuries ago, creates an intimate and on- going relationship with the...