11 Aug 2023

Around the motu: Waikato reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod

From Nine To Noon, 10:49 am on 11 August 2023

RNZ Waikato reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod discusses passenger train Te Huia, which is back up and running its full route from Hamilton to Auckland after a temporary halt due to safety concerns.

And the latest on fresh sightings of Tom Phillips, who has been missing with his three children for more than a year.

Also, Ngāti Apakura, is a hapu near Te Awamutu, is is harvesting off their traditional land again after 160 years - it's now pushing to reconcile the impacts and harm caused by the Crown's attack on Rangiaowhia.

Ngāti Apakura is harvesting kūmara from its traditional whenua for the first time in 160 years.

Ngāti Apakura is harvesting kūmara from its traditional whenua for the first time in 160 years. Photo: Supplied by Ngāti Apakura Runanga Trust