Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 29, 2020 4:48:14 GMT 12
PROPOSAL TO RETURN PANEPANE BACK TO IWI
Western Bay of Plenty District Council today voted to progress a proposed return of ownership of the eastern end of Matakana Island to five local hapū.
Council inherited the 172 hectares of land, commonly known as Panepane Purakau, at no cost from the Tauranga Harbour Board under the Local Government Reform in 1989 and is now proposing that it be returned to its ancestral owners.
The proposed transfer agreement would see a seven hectare public reserve created to ensure public access to the foreshore is protected in perpetuity.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/248641-proposal-to-return-panepane-back-to-iwi.html
Western Bay of Plenty District Council today voted to progress a proposed return of ownership of the eastern end of Matakana Island to five local hapū.
Council inherited the 172 hectares of land, commonly known as Panepane Purakau, at no cost from the Tauranga Harbour Board under the Local Government Reform in 1989 and is now proposing that it be returned to its ancestral owners.
The proposed transfer agreement would see a seven hectare public reserve created to ensure public access to the foreshore is protected in perpetuity.....
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/248641-proposal-to-return-panepane-back-to-iwi.html
