Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 5, 2022 4:42:25 GMT 12
RIGHTING A HISTORIC WRONG: CO-OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OF TAURANGA CBD LAND GETS GO AHEAD
Tauranga City Council has given the green light to a new co-ownership structure for land in the CBD, which the commissioner has described as righting a historical wrong.
The block of land on Willow Street will be governed by the council and the Otamataha Trust, which represents mana whenua from the area.
Tauranga's CBD sits on Te Papa Peninsula, on part of 13,000 hectares handed by iwi to the Church Missionary Society in 1838, intended for the benefit of both Māori and the church.
But the church gave it to the Crown in the 1860s, despite mana whenua objections.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/476041/righting-a-historic-wrong-co-ownership-structure-of-tauranga-cbd-land-gets-go-ahead
Tauranga City Council has given the green light to a new co-ownership structure for land in the CBD, which the commissioner has described as righting a historical wrong.
The block of land on Willow Street will be governed by the council and the Otamataha Trust, which represents mana whenua from the area.
Tauranga's CBD sits on Te Papa Peninsula, on part of 13,000 hectares handed by iwi to the Church Missionary Society in 1838, intended for the benefit of both Māori and the church.
But the church gave it to the Crown in the 1860s, despite mana whenua objections.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/476041/righting-a-historic-wrong-co-ownership-structure-of-tauranga-cbd-land-gets-go-ahead