Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 2, 2022 4:18:15 GMT 12
PROTEST, PLANES AND PASSION - RAGLAN AIRFIELD STOUSH GETS HEATED
A protest group has started a full-time occupation of the airfield at Raglan as emotions threaten to spill over in the seaside town.
For the past three months, Raglan resident Ra Puriri and a close-knit group of supporters have occupied the airstrip for about two hours every Sunday.
The group oppose the erection of a 1.2 metre-high post and wire fence around the perimeter of the airstrip which, they say, impedes locals’ access to a nearby beach. Much of the fence, which was erected by council, has been cut, and lengths of wire neatly rolled up.
Waikato mayor Allan Sanson said council documents show the Raglan Aerodrome is owned by the council, with three hapu having claims to the land. Prior to the reserve being vested to the council, it was Crown land......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/127645591/protest-planes-and-passion--raglan-airfield-stoush-gets-heated
A protest group has started a full-time occupation of the airfield at Raglan as emotions threaten to spill over in the seaside town.
For the past three months, Raglan resident Ra Puriri and a close-knit group of supporters have occupied the airstrip for about two hours every Sunday.
The group oppose the erection of a 1.2 metre-high post and wire fence around the perimeter of the airstrip which, they say, impedes locals’ access to a nearby beach. Much of the fence, which was erected by council, has been cut, and lengths of wire neatly rolled up.
Waikato mayor Allan Sanson said council documents show the Raglan Aerodrome is owned by the council, with three hapu having claims to the land. Prior to the reserve being vested to the council, it was Crown land......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/127645591/protest-planes-and-passion--raglan-airfield-stoush-gets-heated