Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 31, 2021 2:23:56 GMT 12
GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER BUYING BACK TAIPA POINT RESERVE IN THE FAR NORTH
The government will consider whether it will purchase the culturally significant Taipa Point Reserve in the Far North, being occupied by mana whenua, Ngāti Kahu for the past ten days.
Currently in private ownership, the popular 7879 square metre coastal site was initially up for auction, but since Ngāti Kahu members moved onto the land, it’s changed to a sale by tender at an estimated value of $1.4m.
“Of course nothing is easy in the bureaucratic world. Our option is that we are hoping to buy the land back and landbank it for Ngāti Kahu,” said Davis......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300441833/government-to-consider-buying-back-taipa-point-reserve-in-the-far-north
The government will consider whether it will purchase the culturally significant Taipa Point Reserve in the Far North, being occupied by mana whenua, Ngāti Kahu for the past ten days.
Currently in private ownership, the popular 7879 square metre coastal site was initially up for auction, but since Ngāti Kahu members moved onto the land, it’s changed to a sale by tender at an estimated value of $1.4m.
“Of course nothing is easy in the bureaucratic world. Our option is that we are hoping to buy the land back and landbank it for Ngāti Kahu,” said Davis......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300441833/government-to-consider-buying-back-taipa-point-reserve-in-the-far-north