Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 10, 2024 5:44:17 GMT 12
GREENPARK HUTS: RESIDENTS ON NGĀI TAHU LAND MAY REFUSE TO LEAVE WHEN LEASE ENDS
The residents of a small lakeside village have until June before their lease runs out on land owned by Ngāi Tahu. Many of them have spent decades at the idyllic spot — and some say they will refuse to leave it.
In mid-2020, residents of the settlement near Lake Ellesmere were given four years’ notice — in a face to face meeting by landowner Ngāi Tahu — that their leases would not be renewed past mid-2024.
The iwi says the homes are less than 250m from Lake Ellesmere with drinking and waste water systems that are legally non-compliant. “There is a risk untreated wastewater could be discharged into this culturally and ecologically significant lake,” they said.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/greenpark-huts-residents-on-ngai-tahu-land-may-refuse-to-leave-when-lease-ends/KO72YIBXTRE55MDZTE57OJZH7Y/
The residents of a small lakeside village have until June before their lease runs out on land owned by Ngāi Tahu. Many of them have spent decades at the idyllic spot — and some say they will refuse to leave it.
In mid-2020, residents of the settlement near Lake Ellesmere were given four years’ notice — in a face to face meeting by landowner Ngāi Tahu — that their leases would not be renewed past mid-2024.
The iwi says the homes are less than 250m from Lake Ellesmere with drinking and waste water systems that are legally non-compliant. “There is a risk untreated wastewater could be discharged into this culturally and ecologically significant lake,” they said.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/greenpark-huts-residents-on-ngai-tahu-land-may-refuse-to-leave-when-lease-ends/KO72YIBXTRE55MDZTE57OJZH7Y/