![]() The author lost his maternal grandfather on the flight, and was accompanied to the meeting by his family, and many other family members of both the people onboard flight 901 and those who were involved in the recovery operation. On the agenda the Erebus National Memorial and the landowner’s consent. ![]() Seldom has a Local Board meeting been better attended. At its second official meeting of the year the Waitemata Local Board held a public meeting on the 22nd of November. And so the barrage of social media fuelled objection spilled from the online arena and into real life. Recent local body elections brought about several changes, a new Mayor and some new Councillors. One, on the record*, statement from the objectors’ leaders sums up the best and most truthful objection they have – “we don’t want our park to be a sad place when we are there for a glass of Chardonnay” (paraphrased). Each time a lie was exposed, and then refuted, a new snarling and hideous talking head would appear with yet another spurious objection. The decision set off a concerted array of misinformation, disinformation and social media trolling that would make even Medusa blush. The scene was set some time ago when, after 40 years of waiting, the Waitemata Local Board gave landowner’s consent for the National Erebus Memorial to be placed in the Dove Myer Robinson Park in one of Auckland’s most affluent central suburbs, Parnell. ![]() This week Auckland’s local Government has descended into the depths of chaos led by its new Mayor and a small fringe group of deep pocketed Parnell NIMBYs. Here’s Paul’s version of the activities of the past couple of weeks: On Local Democracy – Chaos, Erebus and Terror Then this week a public meeting blew everything apart which must have been heart-breaking for the surviving families. The site was approved by the Community Board. There has been much debate about the memorial. We went outside to listen to see if we could hear the plane. If you use any of the content on this page in your own work, please use the code below to cite this page as the source of the content.How well I remember hearing the news on RNZ at 9pm saying that a plane was late arriving back from Antarctica. Hades was also the god of the earth, the fertile fields, mining, and metals such as silver and gold.Įrebus and Hades differ in that Erebus is more often referred to in the old stories as a spirit whereas Hades had more human characteristics. He was the god who presided over funerals. Hades inherited the third realm when the world was divided into kingdoms by the three brothers. Hemera’s Roman name was Dies, the Day.Įrebus should not be confused with Hades, the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. In some stories, Erebus, Nyx, and Hemera are referred to as spirits rather than gods. In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, Hemera is sometimes confused with both the goddesses Hera and Eos. The Greek poets referred to this as the “Veil of Night.” Erebus and Nyx’s daughter, Hemera, was charged with burning off the dark mists to bring about dawn. Nyx used Erebus’ dark mists to bring night to earth. He did this by filling in the empty places with dark mists. The Underworld was generally invisible to the living.Įrebus was credited with finishing the Underworld after the gods created Earth. The dead spirits kept their earthly shapes and could speak for themselves. It was seen as a place that could be visited by Heroes such as Hercules. The Underworld was important to the ancient Greeks because it was a place where the spirits or souls of the dead were cared for. Tartarus was the place where Zeus sent the Titans after he defeated them. This place was also sometimes called Tartarus. One of his brothers was Eros, the god of love.Įrebus was the father of many gods and goddesses, including Aether, Hypnos (Sleep,) and Thanatos (Death.) According to the Roman author Hyginus, Erebus was also the father of Geras, the god of old age.Įrebus was the Greek god of the Underworld and his name meant “place of darkness between earth and Hades.” His name was often used to refer to part of the Greek Underworld where the spirits of the dead pass after the leave the living bodies. One of his other sisters was Gaia, the goddess of the Earth. In mythology, his most common mistress was the goddess Nyx. Erebus was one of the sons of the first goddess Chaos or Khaos. He was one of the first five of the well-known Greek pantheon that includes Hera, Zeus, and Aphrodite. Erebus was one of the oldest ancient Greek gods.
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