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Environment Court clarifies korora consent 14 Jul 2021 12:45 PM Photo images courtesy of Pūtiki Protectors
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The Environment Court has extended the area covered by consent conditions at the controversial Waiheke marina project but the action won’t be enough to stop the work.
Members of Protect Pūtiki are now in the sixth day of occupying a floating building platform at the Pūtiki Bay site.
Last week Ngāti Pāoa Trust Board asked the court for an interim enforcement order to stop Kennedy Harbour Boatharbour Limited from working on a breakwater unless a suitable plan was in place to protect the resident kororā or little blue penguins.
Press Release – Ngati Paoa Despite SKP coming to an agreement with the developers to give up their fight against the construction of a marina at Kennedy Point, the Ngati Paoa Trust Board gives no such undertaking. In 2016, a resource consent for this marina was granted by the …
Despite SKP coming to an agreement with the developers to give up their fight against the construction of a marina at Kennedy Point, the Ngati Paoa Trust Board gives no such undertaking.
In 2016, a resource consent for this marina was granted by the Environment Court based on the evidence of one person of Ngati Paoa who did not hold Rangatiratanga status.
Ngāti Pāoa members occupying a site at Putiki Bay on Waiheke Island are vowing to stay put until the resource consent for the development of a marina is revoked.
Marina protest at Kennedy Point on Waiheke Island.
Photo: Rose Davis
They said they were not consulted appropriately about the marina being led by developer Kennedy Point Boatharbour Ltd.
For iwi members and environmentalists, the safety and protection of kororā penguins at the site is of major concern.
Ngā Uri o Ngāti Pāoa spokesperson Emily Maia Weiss said the area was tapu and the iwi wanted to be heard.
She said the 7.3ha of moana allocated to the marina was public ocean space that many on Waiheke and the iwi appreciated, and to lose it to a private development was something they would not stand for.