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Thursday, December 05, 2002
Blowing Up The Bamiyan Buddhas: It Makes You Think
Address at the Dawn Ceremony on the United Nations Day of Cultural Heritage
4 December 2002, Civic Square, Wellington.
by Joris de Bres, Race Relations Commissioner
We are here in Wellington at the dawn of the International Day of Cultural
Heritage. We are the first in the world to celebrate it, but will be followed by
people throughout the world in the next 24 hours. Today is the culmination of
the United Nations Year of Cultural Heritage.
Bulldozer blunders hard to fix
NZ Herald Editorial
In the past few weeks the very idea of wahi tapu - Maori sacred places - has been ridiculed. The same arrogance that promoted a disregard for matters of Maori spirituality among the first settlers survives in some quarters. Yet wahi tapu are no different to European graveyards or cenotaphs, and carry the same status under law. They are due respect, not mockery.
Unfortunately, that part of Mr de Bres' message will be overwhelmed by his Taleban comparison. He may claim that reference was but a tiny part of his speech. But, as he has conceded, it was deliberate and was bound to monopolise attention.
Respect sacred places, whatever they are called
By ANNE SALMOND
Over the past few weeks, New Zealanders have been arguing about heritage and sacred places. This might have been an informative and constructive discussion. Instead, much of the debate has been ugly, fuelled by statements which are wrong in fact.
Tuesday, December 03, 2002
New Zealand Archaeological Association Inc.
Archaeology in New Zealand
Vol 45 No 4 out now
Contents include:
First settlement date opinion poll
GPS and archaeological surveying
Suwarrow
Samoan fortifications
Mapping regional variation
Reviews and News
NZAA Electrionic Publication Aerial Photo Index, Kevin Jones, Department of Conservation, 2002.
The aerial photographs in another electronic publication on the NZAA site, New Zealand Archaeology - The Aerial View, are part of a greater set which is catalogued here.
Hundreds sign petition against wahi tapu ruling
A petition seeking to have a contentious wahi tapu lifted from land at Tauranga's Welcome Bay has attracted several hundred signatures.
It was launched at a public meeting called by the National Party last Thursday and attended by 300 locals.
Kaumatua at the meeting challenged Bay of Plenty MP Tony Ryall to get together with the landowners and tangata whenua to find a compromise.
Monday, December 02, 2002
Kopukairoa response
Let's get the facts right: Questions and Answers about Registration
New Zealand Historic Places Trust information release
The recent registration of Kopukairoa as a wahi tapu area has led to a lot of ill-informed and incorrect representation of what registration, under the Historic Places Act 1993 actually means and what effects it really has for landowners. Let's get the facts right:
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