October 09, 2023
Ko tūwhera a ‘Waiaroha’ i te pokapū o Heretaunga
Te tūwheratanga o ‘Waiaroha’ I ngā rangi tata nei I tū te tūwheratanga o ‘Waiaroha’ I Heretaunga, Te Matau-a-mauī nō reira he aha te tikanga o te wāhi rā.
E ai ki a Baden Barber, Heamana I te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kahungunu i ara ake a ‘Waiaroha’ i ngā pōrarutanga i pā atu ki a ‘Maungawharau’ me o rātou wai i ngā tau kua hipa.
“I takea mai te whakaaro i te wā i tāhawahawa mai i ngā wai o ‘Maungawharau’ ‘Havelock North’ i te tau 2015 nā te kaunihera i whakaaro e whakatū tētahi wāhi kia whakamāhia ngā wai o Heretaunga kia kore ai tātou e hoki pērā atu ki taua wā i māuiui me te mea anō tokorima i mate i ngā wai o taua wā”.