PIGEON POST
WE ALL BENEFIT FROM ACKNOWLEDGING THE TRUE ‘FIRSTS’
Kia ora Tania Rae for such a heartfelt, gracious and entirely reasonable request that the actual ‘first’ people here, their creation stories and journeys, be acknowledged in the Great Walks hut talks and place names.
This is being achieved elsewhere. On the Hollyford Track, for example, Ngāi Tahū- trained guides share stories of the rangatira, Tūtoko, and other ancestors. They also discuss Pākehā history; the colourful Davey Gunn and the tragic settlement of
