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Representatives from local iwi, hapu and their supporters did their bit to bolster the national Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti against David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill last week, as it travelled through the Mahurangi region and south to Parliament.
More than 100 people waving flags, including members of Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust, Ngāti Wai and Omaha Marae, converged on the Pukerito roundabout at the northern end of the Ara Tūhono-Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway to welcome the hikoi as it passed by on Tuesday, November 12.
Groups and individuals also travelled to Auckland to march with the procession over the Harbour Bridge the following day, and buses from several local iwi drove down to Wellington to join the hikoi at its final destination last Tuesday, November 19.
Those taking part in the Hīkoi were also acknowledged by the Rodney Local Board at the start of its monthly meeting in Kumeu on Wednesday, November 20. Michelle Carmichael read out a karakia – “may peace be widespread, may the sea be like greenstone, a pathway to give us respect to each other, for one another, bind us together” – before several members joined in singing a popular waiata, Te Aroha, which espouses love, hope and peace for everyone.
