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Protesters have lined the walkways surrounding the occupation with placards. On Wednesday, 30 days since the construction barge arrived at the bay and the protectors moved in, workers erected fences above the breakwater. It was one of the first visible signs of construction since the first week, when two piles were driven into the seabed. Emily Māia Weiss (Ngāti Pāoa) has been on the beach since day one. She heads up Protect Kennedy Point, a movement that brings together supporters from Ngāti Pāoa, Save Kennedy Point (SKP), Waiheke s Piritahi Marae, environmental groups and the community.
Mainfreight founder Bruce Plested battling Waiheke Island marina development
5 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Project director Tony Mair discusses the Kennedy Point Marina. Video / Kennedy Point Marina
Plans to develop Waiheke Island s first marina are opposed by Māori as well as rich-lister Bruce Plested, chairman and founder of Mainfreight with a $6.8 billion market capitalisation. It s a disgrace, a kind of madness, quite extreme. It s grotesque if you see what they re trying to do, Plested said of Tony Mair s 186-berth marina proposal for Putiki Bay, Kennedy Point.
Ngāti Pāoa iwi members have also been camping at the site where Mair s business began development in early March. Those iwi members are also vowing to stop the scheme, citing the kaupapa of the moana.
Press Release – Joint Press Release An intimate dawn blessing at Waihekes Kennedy Point this morning has signified the start of on-site construction for New Zealands first island destination marina. Kaumtua, Harley Wade from Ngti Poa conducted the blessing. He was joined by …
An intimate dawn blessing at Waiheke’s Kennedy Point this morning has signified the start of on-site construction for New Zealand’s first island destination marina.
Kaumātua, Harley Wade from Ngāti Pāoa conducted the blessing. He was joined by a group of representatives from Ngāti Pāoa, Kennedy Point Marina and Heron Construction.
Ngāti Pāoa Kaiārahi, Haydn Solomon says; “Kennedy Point Marina will be unique among New Zealand marinas because all of its structures, other than the access wharf, will be floating. Located in a naturally sheltered deep bay, no initial dredging or ongoing maintenance dredging will be required.
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