‘An old postcard has revealed skeletons under one of the country’s most popular beaches – and a leading Maori academic says proposed legislation would restrict access to similar wahi tapu sites all around the coast.
The 1911 postcard, put up for sale on Trade Me, shows Mt Maunganui’s main beach littered with human bones uncovered by a storm.
Auckland University head of Maori Studies Margaret Mutu said wherever bodies were buried, the Government’s proposed replacement for the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act lets presiding iwi restrict access….’
My question is this: How hard will it be for maori to “find” old bones at any beach in the country?
