Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 23, 2022 3:41:54 GMT 12
ROTORUA IWI NGĀTI WHAKAUE TO BUY RAINBOW SPRINGS LAND FROM NGĀI TAHU
A collective of Ngāti Whakaue entities has agreed to buy the land Rainbow Springs used to operate on and is eyeing up new tourism offerings.
Ngāi Tahu Holdings closed Rainbow Springs in March citing substantial operating and maintenance costs which, combined with Covid-19 uncertainty, meant Rainbow Springs was not financially viable as a business.
A statement released this morning said the Ngāti Whakaue collective had bought the underlying land, and the assets fixed to the land would also transfer to the collective as the new landowner......
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/rotorua-iwi-ngati-whakaue-to-buy-rainbow-springs-land-from-ngai-tahu/OYF2IR6G4NDLJPXYBS3DSBZBLQ/
$1 SEALS DEAL FOR SOUTH TARANAKI HAPŪ TO GET LAND BACK AFTER PROTEST
A $1 deal has been struck, allowing ancestral land to be returned to two South Taranaki hapū, who stood up and opposed its potential sale last year.
In June 2021, descendants of Ngāti Tamāhuroa and Titahi hapū of Ngāruahine iwi placed a rāhui on the property where the former Oeo School was located, when they discovered it was up for sale.
At the time, the two sections were on the market for a combined price of $310,000.
On Saturday, a ceremony held at Oeo Marae, saw the land officially signed back into hapū ownership.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/130832262/1-seals-deal-for-south-taranaki-hap-to-get-land-back-after-protest
A collective of Ngāti Whakaue entities has agreed to buy the land Rainbow Springs used to operate on and is eyeing up new tourism offerings.
Ngāi Tahu Holdings closed Rainbow Springs in March citing substantial operating and maintenance costs which, combined with Covid-19 uncertainty, meant Rainbow Springs was not financially viable as a business.
A statement released this morning said the Ngāti Whakaue collective had bought the underlying land, and the assets fixed to the land would also transfer to the collective as the new landowner......
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/rotorua-iwi-ngati-whakaue-to-buy-rainbow-springs-land-from-ngai-tahu/OYF2IR6G4NDLJPXYBS3DSBZBLQ/
$1 SEALS DEAL FOR SOUTH TARANAKI HAPŪ TO GET LAND BACK AFTER PROTEST
A $1 deal has been struck, allowing ancestral land to be returned to two South Taranaki hapū, who stood up and opposed its potential sale last year.
In June 2021, descendants of Ngāti Tamāhuroa and Titahi hapū of Ngāruahine iwi placed a rāhui on the property where the former Oeo School was located, when they discovered it was up for sale.
At the time, the two sections were on the market for a combined price of $310,000.
On Saturday, a ceremony held at Oeo Marae, saw the land officially signed back into hapū ownership.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/130832262/1-seals-deal-for-south-taranaki-hap-to-get-land-back-after-protest