Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 8, 2022 5:40:52 GMT 12
SLIVER OF LAND SPARKS CONFISCATION DEBATE
A sliver of land just a metre wide has sparked a call for recognition of historic land confiscation when council land is sold in New Plymouth.
A resident of Gilbert Street wants to buy the strip in front of their house to build a garage, which was made part of the road reserve in 1901.
Only one other neighbour on the street still has the one-metre road ‘set-back’ and New Plymouth District Council said the 13 square metre strip would never be needed for road widening.
But Ngāti te Whiti hapū wrote to the council opposing the selling of their “ancestral land.”.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300561056/sliver-of-land-sparks-confiscation-debate
A sliver of land just a metre wide has sparked a call for recognition of historic land confiscation when council land is sold in New Plymouth.
A resident of Gilbert Street wants to buy the strip in front of their house to build a garage, which was made part of the road reserve in 1901.
Only one other neighbour on the street still has the one-metre road ‘set-back’ and New Plymouth District Council said the 13 square metre strip would never be needed for road widening.
But Ngāti te Whiti hapū wrote to the council opposing the selling of their “ancestral land.”.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300561056/sliver-of-land-sparks-confiscation-debate