(TAKUTAI MOANA) BILL E kau I te wai e, e kau I te wa
(TAKUTAI MOANA) BILL E kau I te wai e, e kau I te wa
(TAKUTAI MOANA) BILL E kau I te wai e, e kau I te wa
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the silt that emana<strong>te</strong>s from the Kopurererua into the once clean<br />
Waikareao estuary, people will understand how we feel about what is<br />
happening.<br />
If one could land an airplane on the Tauranga side of the Waikareao<br />
estuary, then you can imagine how firm, hard and sandy the beach <strong>wa</strong>s in<br />
those days, where today it’s totally incomparable. The plane that landed<br />
there <strong>wa</strong>s that of Kingsford-Smith, back in the 1930s, and I <strong>wa</strong>s privy to<br />
that; running across the channel when the tide <strong>wa</strong>s out and <strong>wa</strong>tching as<br />
Kingsford-Smith landed his plane on our estuary. Oh, how time has<br />
changed things.<br />
At the high <strong>wa</strong><strong>te</strong>r mark, as the tides flow in the erosion that has been<br />
crea<strong>te</strong>d, for one various reason or another, I think we can judge the<br />
reason why these things are happening and it becomes difficult to<br />
imagine how this could happen. Not only to the Kopurererua nor just the<br />
Waikareao, but to our main harbour known as Te A<strong>wa</strong>nui. This land is<br />
the Waikareao, the Kopurererua and Te A<strong>wa</strong>nui.<br />
Progress may be inevitable, but I also know that these <strong>wa</strong><strong>te</strong>r<strong>wa</strong>ys have<br />
been and still are very much an in<strong>te</strong>gral part of our culture, our lives.<br />
Te A<strong>wa</strong>nui and some its many tributaries which I have named above, has<br />
been more than just a place for gathering seafood and providing<br />
sus<strong>te</strong>nance to whanau, hapu and iwi. It has been pivotal to sustaining a<br />
<strong>wa</strong>y of life, maintaining well-being, upholding cultural and spiritual<br />
practices, which are all in<strong>te</strong>gral and a part of me as Ngai Tamara<strong>wa</strong>ho,<br />
and as Ngati Ranginui.<br />
2. General Position of TRW on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai<br />
Moana) Bill.<br />
I oppose the Bill. The Bill fails to recognise and provide for the mana and<br />
authority that our hapu and iwi have exercised in relation to our takutai<br />
Moana from time immemorial, and that were pro<strong>te</strong>c<strong>te</strong>d by Te Tiriti o<br />
Waitangi. There are particular aspects of the Bill that are discriminatory<br />
and reinforce earlier injustices to Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui caused by<br />
raupatu and therefore amount to continuing breaches of Te Tiriti o<br />
Waitangi. The Bill does not meaningfully understand Maori values,<br />
concepts or ideals, it seeks to limit the practice of tikanga Maori by<br />
Maori.<br />
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