decades after Māori settlement was razed
Decades after the Crown razed a Ngāti Whātua settlement and evicted its occupants, more kaumātua are set to return to the land.
Tears flowed as the sun rose over the site in Auckland’s Ōrākei this week, during a special karakia held on Atareta St.
It marked the start of development for 10 new whare for kaumātua.
In 1951, the Crown took possession of the last remaining papakāinga, homes built on ancestral land, nearby at Ōkahu Bay, and razed the settlement a year later ahead of a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.
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