Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 17, 2020 1:12:26 GMT 12
LAND TO BE RETURNED TO ROTORUA HAPŪ
Local residents visited Rotorua's council chambers to present submissions for the return of Pururu Reserve.
"We were approached by Ngāti Kearoa, Ngāti Tuara about the return of land that they had gifted to the council some years ago," Rotorua Lakes Council group manager for Māori, Gina Rangi said.
"The council has agreed to return the land, the recreational reserve, back to our whānau," Corbett said. "What will happen is it will go under a common law trust and the Tarewa Marae will then become the trustees of that piece of land. Then we will look to options for the future of what we're going to do with it," she said........
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-focus-land-to-be-returned-to-rotorua-hapu/UEI2G4EMNTPCKJ5E65WK6S6LFQ/
Local residents visited Rotorua's council chambers to present submissions for the return of Pururu Reserve.
"We were approached by Ngāti Kearoa, Ngāti Tuara about the return of land that they had gifted to the council some years ago," Rotorua Lakes Council group manager for Māori, Gina Rangi said.
"The council has agreed to return the land, the recreational reserve, back to our whānau," Corbett said. "What will happen is it will go under a common law trust and the Tarewa Marae will then become the trustees of that piece of land. Then we will look to options for the future of what we're going to do with it," she said........
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-focus-land-to-be-returned-to-rotorua-hapu/UEI2G4EMNTPCKJ5E65WK6S6LFQ/