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Speaker 1: EWE leaders are holding off on their position on a

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Speaker 1: long term rahui at Mount Munganui Following the deadly landslide.

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Speaker 1: Some comatua have called for permanent closure of the mountain,

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Speaker 1: saying it needs to heal before it can be used again.

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Speaker 1: The leaders of Knight Ungy, Nati Rangi Nui and Nati

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Speaker 1: Pu Kinger say, I we want to support the effort

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Speaker 1: to recover bodies and then long term decisions can be made.

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Speaker 2: We haven't had agree as we haven't had agree with

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Speaker 2: our co martor to discuss what are the long term

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Speaker 2: plan for mowawas.

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Speaker 1: Buddy Makaidi is a historian from Nati Pou Kinger and

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Speaker 1: Nati Rangi Nui and he's with us this evening. Elder buddy,

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Speaker 1: thank you for being with us. Can you talk us

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Speaker 1: through this decision making process?

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Speaker 2: Well, Mama was handed back to the Ewi. There's another

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Speaker 2: Uien role which is Whitta as part of the treaty

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Speaker 2: settlement and so this when the trust was first established.

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Speaker 3: And it's well. While the the mona is owned by

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Speaker 3: the Eui, it's a joint arrangement with the Tonia City

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Speaker 3: Council to have it as a public reserve, and so

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Speaker 3: there's a joint committee between the Trust and all the

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Speaker 3: other organizations that have interests on the mona, and that's

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Speaker 3: the body which in the end makes those decisions. But

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Speaker 3: certainly the EWE voice is an important one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. And obviously the priority right now for

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Speaker 1: the EUI and for everyone involved is the immediate recovery

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Speaker 1: that I think we would all agree has to be

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Speaker 1: the priority at the stage. But as this protest process continues,

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Speaker 1: some e WE have called for a permanent closure in

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Speaker 1: the past, So is that likely to be something that

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Speaker 1: will be considered.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sure there'll be consideration. Yes, it has. It

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Speaker 3: did come up in my time on the Trust as well.

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Speaker 3: It's a difficult one. I mean, there's obviously a respect

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Speaker 3: for Rahu that should be placed on it now, which

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Speaker 3: is what happening. I just can't believe reports that people

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Speaker 3: are trying to get through the barriers for goodness sake.

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Speaker 3: But anyway, apart from that, yes, there needs to be

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Speaker 3: a rest and I think during we should take advantage

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Speaker 3: of that time to have a proper review of the

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Speaker 3: entire mona, the track system, to see where likely hazards

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Speaker 3: might be and to note those and put in place,

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Speaker 3: you know, actions that might prevent this from happening again

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Speaker 3: in the future. I'm pretty sure that's a very vital

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Speaker 3: exercise that needs to happen. We need to review, i

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Speaker 3: think our planting plan for the mona where we're gradually

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Speaker 3: working around to the eastern southeastern side of the Mona,

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Speaker 3: which is that's been kept clear in the path through

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Speaker 3: sheep grazing and that kind of thing. But probably the

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Speaker 3: time it's come to make sure the manga is probably

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Speaker 3: quote I think as some people describe it with native vegetation,

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Speaker 3: and so that's an ongoing project as well. Yeah, so, yeah,

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Speaker 3: a number of things that could take place during that

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Speaker 3: pause in the in the use of the mona. But

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Speaker 3: you know, some being someone who's been there many, many,

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Speaker 3: many times, I wouldn't like to see other people denied

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Speaker 3: the opportunity to just view the Bay Bay applay from

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Speaker 3: the top of the Mona going forward into the future.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate your time, Buddy, Thanks so much, Kelder. That is

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