Thread: Te Urewera

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I expect that some of the apparent Tuhoe attitude towards huts built by the crown stems from their desire to clean the place out of colonial reminders and ties. I am not picking sides just looking at both sides. Who here remembers the raids on Tuhoe in 2007 ? Armed police searching school buses and traumatising school kids. I bet we would be pretty fucked off too this day if that had happened to our kids and community.
Just a shame that genuine members of the public pay the price with the loss of huts and likely some free access

I suppose if your entire reason for being is shaped by grievance, perceived or otherwise, you would want to burn the whole lot down and I'm not just talking about huts.