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Rotokākahi Whenua To Remain Occupied During Pause In Works

Saturday, 22 March 2025, 3:10 pm | Reanga Taketake

The pause comes as part of an Environment Court case against the council. During this time, a judge will deliberate as to whether the council obtained proper consents for the project. More >>

Urgent Protection For Rotokākahi: Works Paused Ahead Of Environment Court Hearing

Thursday, 27 February 2025, 7:45 pm | Reanga Taketake

This pause is a relief for Protect Rotokākahi who have been fighting to protect their ancestral burial grounds, their whenua, Rotokākahi, and their awa Te Wairoa. More >>

Over 150 Police Storm Peaceful Protection Of Lake Rotokākahi

Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 7:28 pm | Reanga Taketake

On Monday at 8pm, over 150 police officers arrived at Lake Rotokākahi, where members of Tūhourangi, Tūmatawera Hapū and their supporters have been holding space with the goal of protecting this wāhi tapu (sacred site). More >>

Mana Whenua File Interim Enforcement Proceedings To Stop Sewage Pipe

Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 6:02 pm | Reanga Taketake

“Our people have been shut out of this whole pipeline approval process, and now we are shut off our whenua while it is desecrated before our eyes. So, we are escalating to urgent legal action to immediately stop the drilling.” More >>

Mana i Te Whenua Of Rotokākahi To Welcome Protectors As Police Action Looms

Saturday, 15 February 2025, 1:55 pm | Reanga Taketake

Mana i te whenua of Rotokākahi are demanding that Rotorua Lakes City Council divert the sewer pipe from its intended route, and instead take the pipe an alternative, safer route - away from their ancestral lake. More >>

Mana i te whenua Protectors And Their Supporters To Rally For Lake Rotokākahi

Sunday, 27 October 2024, 11:42 pm | Reanga Taketake

The pipeline has attracted criticism from mana i te whenua due to it being built next to Lake Rotokākahi in a location which is wāhi tapu (a sacred heritage site) and puts at risk a pristine ecological environment. More >>

Local Iwi To Rally Against Sewerage Pipeline Through Sacred Site

Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:03 pm | Reanga Taketake

The pipeline is being built near Lake Rotokākahi, considered to be a sacred site. It is the resting place of some 120 people killed in the Mount Tarawera eruption of 1886. More >>

Drilling Commenced On Controversial Sewerage Pipeline Through Sacred Site

Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 6:02 pm | Reanga Taketake

We are aware Fulton Hogan have commenced work without having a iwi liaison and waka kotahi observer onsite. They have broken the law and illegally continued with commencement of this destructive work to the environment and whenua. More >>

Local Iwi To Rally Against Sewerage Pipeline Through Sacred Site

Sunday, 25 August 2024, 2:35 pm | Reanga Taketake

The pipeline is being built near Lake Rotokākahi, considered to be a sacred site. It is the resting place of some 120 people killed in the Mount Tarawera eruption of 1886. More >>

Banners Erected In Protest Of Treaty Principles Bill

Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 7:19 pm | Reanga Taketake

A large tino rangatiratanga flag with a “Protect te Tiriti Together” banner were erected at Ōhinerau (Mt Hobson) on Tuesday morning. Flaxroots movement Reanga Taketake have claimed responsibility for the banners. They have done so in protest ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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