The community at Parihaka have a reason to celebrate. They have been given $14m to build a visitors centre that will give them the opportunity to tell their stories their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will also provide a place and the staff to deal with the high numbers of visitors who amble down the drive to the historic South Taranaki community, expecting to see something, talk to someone and take pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The different funds and the money being thrown around will bring back memories for some, of the Think Big projects in the late 1970s \/early 80s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set up by Prime Minister Rob Muldoon the Government borrowed to fund large-scale industrial projects, such as the gas to gasoline plant at Motunui and the ammonia-urea plant at Kapuni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The end result wasn\u2019t pretty with New Zealand ending up deep in debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n