July 20, 2015
Scary monster fear in Paritai zoning
The chair of Auckland’s Independent Maori Statutory Authority says owners of properties on exclusive Paritai Drive don’t need to fear the recognition being proposed for a pa site under their land.
Some of the residents have hired lawyers to oppose the Onepu Whakatakataka site at the city end of the ridge getting a cultural heritage overlay in the Unitary Plan.
David Taipari says it’s one of 2800 sites around the city where some level of heritage protection will be sought.
A small number of those sites are important enough for a cultural impact assessment to be required if significant earthworks are planned.
He says such heritage protection mechanisms are common around the world.
"People have got to stop looking at it as a scarey monster. It's an indicator it's a map it's a tool to best develop and plan. So rather than bulldoze the thing over there is many opportunities I believe, that have been shown in the past where things can be built around it and infact even enhance the activity that's been built he says.
David Taipari says the row show the massive gap in understanding between Maori values and the rest of society.
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