Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 23, 2021 2:07:56 GMT 12
MORE THAN A DOZEN TOURISM OPERATORS ARE AFFECTED BY A RĀHUI DISCOURAGING VISITORS TO THE WHIRINAKI FOREST PARK TO PROTECT UNVACCINATED LOCALS
A tourism operator estimates the last minute rāhui imposed on the Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tane Conservation Park will cost him about $3500 in the first week.
Gary Aldridge’s lodge and Jailhouse Shuttles business in Minginui is one of 15 active concessionaires asked by to stop taking customers into the park until the end of January because of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare concerns about the area’s low vaccination rate......