11 Sep 2017

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

From Nine To Noon, 11:48 am on 11 September 2017

Bell for calling the people to church at Maungapohatu wharenui.

Facsimile of Maungapohatu flag inside wharenui -- "One law for both peoples".

Photograph of Rua Kenana inside Maungapohatu wharenui.

Richard Tumarae, a descendant of Rua, outside Rua's second house, built after his return to Maungapohatu.

Metal trunks and pair of slippers inside Rua's house.

Trail to Sam Summers hut, Twelve Mile Creek, south of Queenstown.

Waterfall on Twelve Mile Creek.

Traces of almost a century of gold mining include a slot incised into rock for sluicing.

Sam Summers and his brothers built this hut in the 1930s, and Sam Summers used it for 10 years while prospecting.

Kennedy Warne talks to Kathryn Ryan about the historic agreement signed on Saturday that Rua Kenana is to be pardoned 100 years after his unjust (and illegal) arrest and subsequent trial for sedition; the issue of the Confederate monuments in the American South; and the enjoyable two-hour walk outside of Queenstown that reveals the gold mining history of the area.

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