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The second foreshore and seabed hikoi
Hikoi Tuarua Press Release


6 September 2004

"Maori rights ... based on mana atua, mana whenua and mana tupuna will become meaningless" Hone Harawira, May 2004

"The Fight Isn't Over Yet"

"It's on, and we hope our Pacific brothers and sisters will join us."

This call is being made by Annette Sykes for the hikoi and rally being held in Auckland next month to protest the government's continued opposition to Maori rights to the foreshore and seabed.

The hikoi, organised by groups in Rotorua, Hamilton and Auckland will end at Okahu Bay under the mana of the tangata whenua, Ngati Whatua.

Hikoi organiser Annette Sykes says "The select committee hearings on the foreshore bill were a farce. The Maori voice has been blocked as only 10% of the 4,000 submissions were heard."

"Hapu up and down the country have now seen first hand that the government is not listening."

"Auckland has the largest gathering of Pacific peoples in the world and we call on them, our Pacific whanau, and all peoples of Aotearoa / New Zealand to join Maori in the Hikoi."

"As we would support their rights to resources in their nations, we ask that they join Maori as we Hikoi to ensure our rights are upheld," said Ms Sykes. "The partnership between Maori and our Pacific whanau is a powerful statement about our collective indigenous rights."

The Foreshore Hikoi is for all New Zealanders. It's about justice for all."

The Hikoi will be preceded by rallies at the final select committee hearings in Auckland on September 27-29. The fight is not yet over.

Hikoi Date - Saturday October 16 2004

The hikoi will assemble in Mayoral Drive (behind Aotea Square), Auckland City, will leave there at 10am and will proceed down Queen Street, along Tamaki Drive to the whakatau by Ngati Whatua at Orakei Domain, Okahu Bay.

To relieve traffic congestion, whanau are urged to car pool or travel by public transport or bus. Parking will be available at the Orakei Marae.

Hikoi representatives have met with Ngati Whatua, Police and City Council representatives to finalise logistical arrangements for the Hikoi.

Contact Nga Tai o te Reinga:
Bernie Hornfeck 025 612 5313
Te Orohi Paul 027 255 3658
Kiri Potaka-Dewes 027 478 8328

"Kaore ano Tenei Whawhai I Mutu"

Kua hoha katoa te iwi Maori ki te whai haere i nga keemu whakahawea i te iwi Maori.

Otira he karanga tenei ki nga iwi katoa kia huitahi ai tatou ki Tamaki Makau Rau a te marama e tu mai nei, tatou katoa kaore e whakaae ana kia whakatuhia te pire nei. E karangahia ana tenei hui e Nga Tai o te Reinga, tetahi roopu takutai moana no Te Arawa waka.

E ki ana te reo o te roopu nei a Annette Sykes "A nga ra rua te kau ma whitu, ma waru, ma iwa hoki o Mahuru, me tae a tinana tatou ki te Papa reihi hoiho o Alexandra ki reira whakamohio ai ki te komiti a te Kawana kaore tenei pire e whakaaehia ana e te iwi Maori pire.

A te te kau ma ono o Whiringa a Nuku ka taki hikoi katoa ano tatou i nga huarahi o Tamaki Makau Rau. Ko te kaupapa e karangahia ana tatou kia hikoi ano, kaore te kawanatanga e whakarongo ana ki a tatou te iwi Maori."

"I tae tatou ki mua i te komiti whiriwhiri mo te pire takutai moana, ka kite rawa tatou i te kore aro mai a tauiwi ki nga aue a nga hapu o Aotearoa."

"Me pehea hoki tatou e whakamohio atu ai he aha i he nei ai tenei kaupapa? Ma te Hikoi ki Tamaki Makau Rau. E ki ana tatou, kaore ano tenei whawhai kia mutu!"

Ko nga huarahi o tenei hikoi ko enei

Ka tae a tinana mai te hunga ki te huarahi o Mayoral (kei muri Aotea Square) i te taone tonu o Tamaki Makau rau.

A te te kau i te ata ka timata te hikoi ki te tiriti Kuini, e kiia ana ko Horotiu.

Ka hikoi whakararo i te tiriti nei ki te huarahi o Custom, peka atu ai ki te takutai moana ki Tamaki Drive ra ano.

Kei raro iho o Takaparawha ka whakapiri, ka whakakotahi te whakaminenga hikoi ki nga kaumatua o nga iwi katoa. Ka hui tahi ki te te whanga Okahumatamomoe (Orakei Domain).

Ka whakataungia tatou e Ngati Whatua, ara, ka korero i nga korero e pa ana ki a ngai tatou.

Otira kua korerohia a Ngati Whatua, kei te tautokohia mai. Kua korero hoki nei te roopu ki te Kaunihera o Tamaki Makau Rau, me nga Pirihimana o reira. Kei te pai to ratou tautoko i te kaupapa.

Ko te Roopu whakahaere i te Hikoi, ko Nga Tai o te Reinga
Bernie Hornfeck 025 612 5313
Te Orohi Paul 027 255 3658
Kiri Potaka-Dewes 027 478 8328


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