Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 18, 2020 11:53:08 GMT 12
Weekend Sun / Sunlive 17/1/20
COINCIDENCE?
I have been wondering why councillors had suddenly decided to gift the land in Mission Street over to Maori despite the fact Tauranga ratepayers had paid $1.5m for it in a legal sale by the previous owners without firstly council going through the correct legal channels (ie Waitangi Tribunal) to verify the claims that the land had been taken off Maori initially in the past and they had never been paid for it?
It is a huge sum for ratepayers to lose when there are many other urgent things council could have used this money on.
Then shortly after this land had been ‘gifted’ over to Maori, suddenly the Mount track was repaired at a far lesser cost than had previously been quoted after it had remained in limbo for a few years with help and blessings from Maori.
Was there a connection between the two? We won’t let you repair the Mount track unless You give us the land? Silly me!
L ASKIN, Bethlehem.
THE FAVOURED FEW
Against all evidence and public opinion Tauranga City Council has voted to give 11 Mission street to Otamataha Trust, which in my opinion is totally irresponsible.
Legally it’s wrong that seven councillors voted and given away without a public referendum or vote from the people of Tauranga on a property that rate payers have paid for! It’s nigh on stealing!
Another issue is that Maori Council now claim they should have a slice of the 5G spectrum because it is their Taonga and government is considering? A German physicist discovered radio waves in 1886, not Maori saying they should own a portion of 5G spectrum because this is a resource [Taonga], does that justify ownership?
What is happening to Democratic NZ? This is preferential treatment to a minority and consecutive governments buy into this behaviour?
No wonder there is no money left to build our SH2 road?
Maori contribute little to the NZ tax system. Most Maori tribes are classed as Charitable Trusts and with incomes now in the millions, they pay no tax. Maori authorities only pay 17 per cent tax whereas the rest of us pay 24 per cent.
Ask the question why then they should be allowed to make big demands on New Zealand’s resources, this is not equality?
No freedom of speech, if the majority speak against this behaviour; the call is racist; our sound arguments are not printed!
C HUMPHRIES, Katikati.
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COINCIDENCE?
I have been wondering why councillors had suddenly decided to gift the land in Mission Street over to Maori despite the fact Tauranga ratepayers had paid $1.5m for it in a legal sale by the previous owners without firstly council going through the correct legal channels (ie Waitangi Tribunal) to verify the claims that the land had been taken off Maori initially in the past and they had never been paid for it?
It is a huge sum for ratepayers to lose when there are many other urgent things council could have used this money on.
Then shortly after this land had been ‘gifted’ over to Maori, suddenly the Mount track was repaired at a far lesser cost than had previously been quoted after it had remained in limbo for a few years with help and blessings from Maori.
Was there a connection between the two? We won’t let you repair the Mount track unless You give us the land? Silly me!
L ASKIN, Bethlehem.
THE FAVOURED FEW
Against all evidence and public opinion Tauranga City Council has voted to give 11 Mission street to Otamataha Trust, which in my opinion is totally irresponsible.
Legally it’s wrong that seven councillors voted and given away without a public referendum or vote from the people of Tauranga on a property that rate payers have paid for! It’s nigh on stealing!
Another issue is that Maori Council now claim they should have a slice of the 5G spectrum because it is their Taonga and government is considering? A German physicist discovered radio waves in 1886, not Maori saying they should own a portion of 5G spectrum because this is a resource [Taonga], does that justify ownership?
What is happening to Democratic NZ? This is preferential treatment to a minority and consecutive governments buy into this behaviour?
No wonder there is no money left to build our SH2 road?
Maori contribute little to the NZ tax system. Most Maori tribes are classed as Charitable Trusts and with incomes now in the millions, they pay no tax. Maori authorities only pay 17 per cent tax whereas the rest of us pay 24 per cent.
Ask the question why then they should be allowed to make big demands on New Zealand’s resources, this is not equality?
No freedom of speech, if the majority speak against this behaviour; the call is racist; our sound arguments are not printed!
C HUMPHRIES, Katikati.
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers