Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 14, 2019 16:21:40 GMT 12
NELSON COULD USE CROWDFUNDING TO BUY $16M PEPIN ISLAND
The mayor of Nelson wants the public to buy back Pepin Island, just as it bought a beach in the Abel Tasman National Park.
The island is on the market for $16 million, and it has also been suggested by a former iwi trust chair, that Ngāti Tama buy it back.
"Pepin Island was originally … was taken over, if you like, forcibly by Ngāti Tama."
He said Ngāti Tama retained its link to the island, up to the point Huria Matenga gained ownership by decree of the Native Land Court.
"Once it got into the hands of Huria Matenga and her husband Hemi, who became the dominant force in that partnership, eventually the island along with a lot of parts of Wakapuaka were sold off."
Mr Mitchell said the island slipped out of iwi hands in about 1880s.
It was turned into a working farm and bought by a German businesswoman in 1996 for $2 million......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/380069/nelson-could-use-crowdfunding-to-buy-16m-pepin-island
The mayor of Nelson wants the public to buy back Pepin Island, just as it bought a beach in the Abel Tasman National Park.
The island is on the market for $16 million, and it has also been suggested by a former iwi trust chair, that Ngāti Tama buy it back.
"Pepin Island was originally … was taken over, if you like, forcibly by Ngāti Tama."
He said Ngāti Tama retained its link to the island, up to the point Huria Matenga gained ownership by decree of the Native Land Court.
"Once it got into the hands of Huria Matenga and her husband Hemi, who became the dominant force in that partnership, eventually the island along with a lot of parts of Wakapuaka were sold off."
Mr Mitchell said the island slipped out of iwi hands in about 1880s.
It was turned into a working farm and bought by a German businesswoman in 1996 for $2 million......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/380069/nelson-could-use-crowdfunding-to-buy-16m-pepin-island