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www. soulstopsha.org SOUL Times November 2015 6 SPEAKING UP AGAINST SHA Manukau Courier Editorial 15/12/2015 “Everyone in the Māngere community should be working together on an alternative to threatening a precious heritage” Mama’s letter Kia ora koutou, Ko Mama Nuku taku ingoa. Ko Waikato te awa, Ko Tainui te iwi, Ko Tainui te waka, Ko Taupiri te Maunga, Ko Turangawaewae te marae, Ko Potatau te Wherowhero Te Tangata, He Piko he taniwha, He Piko he Taniwha, Waikato Taniwha Rau. I would like to ask you a few questions. Do you enjoy running around open fields or parks, climbing hills and mountains? Does your family have a special place that you take your loved ones to lay them to rest? If you answered yes, then SOUL needs your help. Even though we are young, our say matters. We are the future leaders of our country, and as a future leader of this country, I SUPPORT SOUL. Soul started with a bunch of cousins, sitting around the table talking about their precious place they call home. SOUL has now got loads of support from all over the place. If you have ever been or heard of Ōtuataua Stonefields, then that is where Ihumãtao is. Down the back streets before you get to the Auckland Airport. We all know that there is a need for houses here in Auckland, but at what cost? - Mama, aged 10 years Hohepa Joe Hawke - Kaumātua, Orakei Marae, Former Labour MP & Bastion Point Occupation Leader Our whenua needs to be protected and preserved for our up and coming generations. Metiria Turei Greens Party co-leader The SOUL campaign have done a great job of ensuring that their concerns are heard. Now the Government needs to listen. The drive to resolve the housing crisis doesn’t require the demolition of waahi tapu. Community Leaders opposed to SHA62 Anahera Pono Morehu Kuia, Orakei Marae Andrew Honore President 2015-18 Māngere Rotary Club Angeline Henry President, Te Rakau Ture, Auckland Uni Māori Law Students Society Arihia Stirling Principal, Te Kura Māori o Nga Tapuwae, Māngere Barbara Dixon St James Church, Māngere Bridge Bill Peace JP STRIVE Team Manager, Māngere Dame Nganeko Minhinnick Ruruhi o Ngati Te Ata, Te Wai-o-Hua Dr Renus Stowers Māngere Doctor Dr Vaaiga Autagavaia Māngere Doctor Dr. Nick Roskruge Chairman,Tahuri Whenua/National Māori Horticulture Collective Fletcher Beazley Project Manager, Māngere Gordon Toi House of Natives, Multi Media Artist, Ta Moko, Sculptor, Carver & Actor Te Hei Deanna Tamaariki - Kuia, Orakei Marae & Taumata Deputy Chairperson We support the campaign as we have been through this before and we have strong blood ties to Ihumātao. Reverend Hirini Kaa. Turangawaewae needs to be built on firm physical and spiritual foundations. A wise community will not build its housing on the shifting sands of injustice. Alec Hawke - Kaumātua, Orakei Marae We see the parallels of what happened here at Takaparawhau (Bastion point – at the land occupation) with what is happening at Ihumātao. Roger Fowler QSM, director, Māngere East Community Centre. Our community united to stop the planned motorway through Māngere last year. Together we can also stop the desecration of Ihumātao with ‘peoples power”. Let’s do it! Melissa Crockett-Joyoue, AUCKLAND, NZ I worked on the Ihumātao Stonefields tourism development project as a Māori Tourism consultant. The people of Ihumātao and Makaurau Marae have been treated unbelievably badly by the Crown and local government in relation to the land confiscations, quarrying of sacred sites, imposition of the city’s sewage treatment plant in their land. This SHA is simply replicating this mistreatment and lack of respect for their sacred whenua. It should not go ahead on this site. To Ihumātao (A poem) by Jacqueline Carter What care we for stones and signs of your Polynesian forebears? How do middens and land formations even compare to castles and chapels? And let’s just face it the only currency of any value in today’s society is that which will line the pockets and wallets and clothe and house the area’s ‘developers’... (not to mention a few public servants...) This is land ripe for the taking It matters not what was on it or lies beneath it or happened on it The only history worth protecting is that which marks our domination The only bones worth revering are those that fought in worldly battles And the only people and communities that really matter in Aotearoa Are those that have our seal of approval for being rich, and/or white and/or compliant... Yours sincerely, Auckland Council. Herawhakamana Sarah Grey Kuia, Orakei Marae Ilmars Gravis Māngere Bridge resident, Blogger: “Māngere Bridge Rocks” James Papali’i MANA Pasifika Jan Lambert ESOL Educator, Māngere Janice Beazley Parenting Educator, Māngere Jason Mareroa Mauri Ora Kaiwhakaruruhau, Te Korowai Aroha Jerry Daniels President & Māori Student Officer, Auckland Uni Māori Students Assoc. Jim Peters Pro Vice Chancellor (Māori), University of Auckland Joe Trinder MANA, Māngere Jon Zealando New Zealand Grand Master of Magic, Māngere Bridge resident Jos Very Māngere Bridge real estate agent, long term Māngere Bridge resident Karen Matata Manager - ME Family Services ECE, Ihumātao Lyn Doherty Service Manager, Ohomairangi Trust Maia Te Ra Fowler Coordinator, Māngere East OSCAR Marama Fox Māori Party Co-Leader
www. soulstopsha.org SOUL Times November 2015 7 SPEAKING UP AGAINST SHA Su’a William Sio – Labour MP Māngere I am standing up in support of SOUL! This is not an ultimatum about one or the other, it’s about being smart and having both - the development of affordable homes and the protection of a scared papakainga reserve site. “Riro whenua atu! Hoki whenua mai!” Eru Mohi Ngati Tahinga Wilson, Ihumātao Ko au ko Puketāpapa, Ko Puketāpapa ko au Councillor Cathy Casey The failure to publicly notify is just appalling given the controversy and the widespread public interest in this SHA across the wider Auckland region. The SOUL campaign gathered 4000+ signatures within weeks yet they will have no say in this process. Lemauga Lydia Sosene, Chairperson, Māngere- Otāhuhu Local Board From the outset the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board raised concerns to Officers about this development. There is no doubt we need more affordable homes in Māngere but the Board is not convinced this location has been assessed correctly to service the needs of our local people. Janice Roberts – Kuia, Ihumātao [I oppose SHA62] because of its cultural and historical significance. Our spiritual connection to the whenua is like a life force. You can’t see it, you can’t touch it, but we feel it! I think it’s great what SOUL is doing and have achieved. You are like role models for our people and have created a positive ripple effect. Fiona Tumai-Totorewa, Ihumātao I want my mokos to have what their tupuna had. Elizabeth Walker The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it’s the only thing that lasts Waimarie McFarland, Ihumātao Not only do we inherit the land and role of guardianship of the land from our Ancestors but we borrow the land from and pass down the role of guardianship to our children. Pelika Bertelmann More consideration should be made to the impacts this development will have on the whole community as well as the traditional land owners of this proposed land! As I understand the need to provide housing for families that is only one consideration...Quality of life cannot and should not be a checklist of shelter, food and water but, in all areas of health (physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional) considerations should be made! Maurice Maru Wilson, Kaumātua, Ihumātao This development will ruin a cultural and historic gem which has been home to us for many generations. Matt Kirkbride As our family farmed on Ihumātao Road for four generations and were early pioneers in the area, it’s extremely important to me that this unique part of Auckland be preserved and protected from these foreign owned developers who have no other interest than turning a profit. Councillor Mike Lee - former chairman Auckland Regional Council The construction of an intensified housing development on this site is grotesque - the imposition of this development against the clearly articulated wishes of the people of the area is a rank injustice. This development must be stopped. Councillor Arthur Anae Don’t believe it’s a done deal and there are no options, it has been clearly identified there may be, if all agreed. We need to get to that position first. Naomi Lange Long time Māngere East resident Pania Newton Executive Member, Matike Mai Aotearoa Rangatahi, NZ Māori Youth for Constitutional Transformation, Ihumātao Qiane Matata-Sipu Journalist, Artist, Ihumātao Peter Sykes Director, ME Family Services Peeni Henare Tamaki Makarau MP, Labour Party Rene Hawke Kuia, Ngati Mahuta Rev Les Dixon Reverend, St James Church, Māngere Bridge Rev Vicki Sykes Consultant Richard Grey Kaumātua, Orakei Marae Robert Jahnke Professor of Māori Visual Arts & Senior Lecturer, School of Art, Massey University Robert Roberts Kaumātua, Ihumātao Steven Matejan President, Onehunga Māngere United AFC Te Hamua Nikora Māori Comedian, Presenter & Motivational Speaker Councillor Wayne Walker I fully support SOUL in its efforts to save the special landscape. After walking over the area and seeing the taonga it holds I am firmly of the view it should be added to the park. Thomas Leuluai NZ Warriors Utility Player, Māngere Thomas Rawiri Lead Singer, IHI Tigilau Ness Musician (Godfather of NZ Reggae & Original member of the Polynesian Panthers) Veronica Tawhai Policy & Politics Lecturer & Treaty of Waitangi Educator, Massey University Wikatana Popata Activist, Kaitaia Airport Wiremu Pikitekaha Aperahama Kaitiaki, Ratana Temple Yvonne Thomas Co-ordinator and Manager, Old School Reserve teaching gardens, Māngere Go to www.soulstopsha.org for a full list of community leaders supporting this campaign.
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