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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Erebus memorial protesters 'mean-spirited' - Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:48
	Publish Date:		2022-11-29 04:47:00
	Description:		"Mean spirited" is how mana whenua and local iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is describing opposition to an Erebus memorial planned for Auckland's Parnell Rose Garden. Yesterday marked 43 years since the Air NZ scenic flight over Antartica crashed into the side of Mount Erebus killing all 257 people onboard; New Zealand's largest peacetime loss of life. A planned national memorial at the gardens in Dove Meyer Robinson park has stalled following protests, concerns over a large neighbouring pohutakawa and claims the tone of the gardens will change. That's despite the Prime Minister renewing her comittment to delivering a national Erebus memorial and the local iwi and guardians of the whenua, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei fully supporting the proposal. Iwi deputy chair Ngarimu Blair talks to Lisa Owen.
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