{"id":47,"date":"2021-03-04T07:42:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunnyhills.org.nz\/?p=47"},"modified":"2021-03-21T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T19:30:28","slug":"i-have-faith-in-kiritapu-allan-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sunnyhills.org.nz\/?p=47","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging words from our Minister of Conservation – Hon Kiritapu ‘Kiri’ Allan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mayor receives petition opposing reserves\u2019 sale<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The Times 1 March 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of passionate local residents battling to stop the sale of four east Auckland public reserves have shared their message with Auckland\u2019s mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auckland Council wants to dispose of green spaces it owns at 111R Golfland Drive, 9R Fortyfoot Lane, 76R Aberfeldy Avenue and 31 Aspiring Avenue\/17R Hilltop Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Howick Local Board voted late last year to retain the reserves but the council\u2019s finance and performance committee overrode it and voted to put them up for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is part of an effort by the council to raise money through its emergency budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lengthy legal process, which involves final signoff by the Government, must be worked through before the reserves can be sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the people opposing their sale are Botany MP Christopher Luxon, Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown and Howick ward councillors Sharon Stewart and Paul Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of east Auckland residents are doing what they can to stop the reserves from being sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They circulated a petition signed by people from more than 450 local households calling for them to be kept in public hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five of those residents recently wrote to Auckland mayor Phil Goff to highlight their concerns regarding the sale of the reserve in Golfland Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goff wrote back to them on February 22 saying revocation of the parks\u2019 Reserves Act status is among the statutory processes that must be completed before they can be sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe revocation requires public consultation, which is scheduled to commence in the near future and provide 30 days for the public to provide feedback,\u201d Goff says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his letter Goff also acknowledged receipt of the residents\u2019 petition, which was given to him by Howick ward councillors Stewart and Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have passed this petition to the staff responsible for the management of the public consultation process so that it can be considered as formal feedback, before a final decision is made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for Conservation Minister Kiri Allan told the Times<\/em> there is \u201cquite a process\u201d to go through before any decisions on revoking the parks\u2019 reserve status are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn considering the revocation and disposal of reserves the council is required to follow procedures set out in Section 24 of the Reserves Act, including an initial consultation with the Department of Conservation (DoC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFollowing that, if the council wants to proceed that decision will then need to be publicly notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe council would then send a copy of any objection to DoC, with a resolution from council in relation to those objections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe final decision on whether to revoke the reservation has been delegated to officers in the department by the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe minister may decide to withdraw that delegation, however in most cases it is DoC that will make that decision only after careful consideration has been given to the purpose of the reserves, the content of any objections and council\u2019s views in relation to the objections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spokesperson says DoC\u2019s decision will be based on the council\u2019s report of its assessment of those objections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.times.co.nz\/news\/mayor-receives-petition-opposing-reserves-sale\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mayor receives petition opposing reserves\u2019 sale – The Times 1 March 2021 A group of passionate local residents battling to stop the sale of four east Auckland public reserves have shared their message with Auckland\u2019s mayor. Auckland Council wants to dispose of green spaces it owns at 111R Golfland Drive, 9R Fortyfoot Lane, 76R Aberfeldy Avenue and 31 Aspiring Avenue\/17R Hilltop Road. The Howick Local Board voted late last year to retain the reserves but the council\u2019s finance and performance…<\/p>\n

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