Sample survey shows 21 per cent in Rotorua s emergency housing are out-of-towners
16 Apr, 2021 07:00 PM
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Rotorua MP Todd McClay says the Ministry of Social Development owes Rotorua some answers. Photo / Andrew Warner
Rotorua MP Todd McClay says the Ministry of Social Development owes Rotorua some answers. Photo / Andrew Warner
New sample survey figures show 21 per cent of those living in Rotorua s emergency housing are not from the city, prompting Rotorua MP Todd McClay to tell the Government we told you so . The Ministry of Social Development sample survey counted a third of people getting emergency housing payments, but the exact number of out of towners cannot be counted because it is too time consuming, the ministry says.
Rotorua Lakes Council spends more than $100k on withdrawn wastewater discharge stoush
17 Feb, 2021 02:09 AM
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Renee Kiriona. Photo / Andrew Warner
Rotorua Lakes Council spent more than $100,000 in the space of three months on an Environment Court case it later withdrew from.
The case was in relation to the council s plan to discharge treated wastewater into Lake Rotorua, which was challenged by Te Arawa Lakes Trust in 2018.
The action was withdrawn at the end of August, with the council, Central North Island Iwi Holdings and Te Arawa Lakes Trust working collaboratively toward a solution, according to a council release at the time.
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Summer read: Rotorua Airport: Descendants of former land owners take action
3 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM
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Descendants of former iwi owners of Rotorua s Airport land are concerned about proposed developments at the airport. Kelly Makiha reports.
Descendants of former iwi owners of Rotorua s Airport land are going head-to-head with the airport company over its proposed developments, claiming they could breach the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Rotorua Airport, which is owned by the Rotorua Lakes Council, is planning to develop some of its disused land and has applied for $22 million from the Government s shovel ready fund to help finance it.
Rotorua iwi school land dispute: Kaumātua says Ministry of Education breached Treaty of Waitangi
23 Dec, 2020 05:00 AM
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A dispute is brewing over the location of a new school with a local kaumātua saying the Ministry of Education should never have bought the land where it s intended to be built. Dr Ken Kennedy claims the Ministry of Education has breached the Treaty of Waitangi by buying land near Rotorua for the purpose of building a new school for Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai.
Kennedy, who is speaking out as co-chairman of Ngāti Rangiteaorere Koromatua Council, said the land, which was owned by a private farmer, was taken from Ngāti Rangiteaorere by the Crown decades ago and should have been offered to his iwi for sale first.