Anti-Semitic graffiti has appeared atop an Auckland maunga targeting the Tupuna Maunga Authority chair Paul Majurey in what has been called an “abhorrent act”, reported the NZ Herald on Friday.
Since October, protesters have been occupying Owairaka/Mt Albert to prevent the removal of hundreds of exotic trees as part of a major cultural and native restoration project that has the backing of the city’s mana whenua and Auckland Council representatives.
The protest camp was removed by the TMA on Wednesday as it breached the Covid-19 alert level 4 lockdown rules.
But protest group Honour The Maunga disputed the reasoning behind the removal, issuing a media statement claiming they had unveiled “concerning untruths”, including that the TMA had police support and that the tent equipment was removed from the maunga – the group claimed it had instead been placed in the toilet block.
Read the full story on the NZ Herald here.
