Thread: Kaimanawa Alpine Adventures.

The heli-glampibg tent looks a bit like some of those tahr ballot camps. Is that a bench rest on the verandah out front ?

It occurs to me that the waipakihi road strip was planned to be given to “the adjacent landowners”. DoC own the adjacent land at each end of it and the public good would be best served but giving it to DoC for the use of all New Zealanders . High spending tourists also welcome. The unused gate installation is on public land and could be removed.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

The heli-glampibg tent looks a bit like some of those tahr ballot camps. Is that a bench rest on the verandah out front ?

It occurs to me that the waipakihi road strip was planned to be given to “the adjacent landowners”. DoC own the adjacent land at each end of it and the public good would be best served but giving it to DoC for the use of all New Zealanders . High spending tourists also welcome. The unused gate installation is on public land and could be removed.

You'd think so, but against a background of this https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/09/1...k-clouds-loom/ I suspect that the Govt's primary wish was to not upset the negotiations, and the walkers, hunters, picnickers, Uncle Tom Cobley and all could just hush up and get out of the way. I have an email from FMC, who you would think would be keen on keeping access (i mean, it's in their charter..) talking about the importance of not upsetting the adjacent landowners, and referencing the inappropriateness of insisting on a strictly legal approach when set against the "history of dispossession of land".

Good luck to Tuwharetoa for their enterprise - the land they own is theirs to do with as they want, but I do wish that the Govt had been a little more committed to looking after the access for all New Zealanders - something that I don't believe would have hurt the Tuwharetoa operation at all.

As for Helisika - I'd rather walk, thanks. Which breaks my heart, as my November Footy Field trips were just superb. The lies and bullshit put out by them around this matter beggars belief.