Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 8, 2019 17:07:59 GMT 12
MENG FOON LABELS COUNCILLOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT MĀORI "DISPARAGING"
Council agreed in principle to gift the Mission Street site, formerly Māori land, to the Otamataha Trust which would, in turn, offer The Elms heritage site a peppercorn rent of $1 a year for at least 100 years to keep using it.
Murray-Benge said that agreement would mean Maori could "demand every piece of land" in her city.
Murray-Benge says the land should be transferred to the Elms Foundation Trust and not doing so would be "fraud" from Council as it was also planned for it form part of the future development of the Elms site......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/114839640/meng-foon-labels-councillors-comments-about-mori-disparaging
Council agreed in principle to gift the Mission Street site, formerly Māori land, to the Otamataha Trust which would, in turn, offer The Elms heritage site a peppercorn rent of $1 a year for at least 100 years to keep using it.
Murray-Benge said that agreement would mean Maori could "demand every piece of land" in her city.
Murray-Benge says the land should be transferred to the Elms Foundation Trust and not doing so would be "fraud" from Council as it was also planned for it form part of the future development of the Elms site......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/114839640/meng-foon-labels-councillors-comments-about-mori-disparaging