November 05, 2017
Brutal buildings in port plan
Ngati Whatua Orakei is describing the Ports of Auckland masterplan as a series of vanity projects that are an attempt to outflank the new Government.
Spokesperson Ngarimu Blair says the Auckland Council-owned company did not discuss its plan with Orakei before yesterday’s release, despite the hapu being the traditional owners of the Waitemata harbour and owning 20 hectares along the port boundary.
The company says it is listening, but its plan seems to be to bully Aucklanders and pave over their paradise.
"There’s some pretty brutal architecture proposed, a huge vanity project really, their HQ right on Tamaki Drive, a huge engineering building, a huge hotel with a massive car park at the back of it and then a further extension into the Waitemata," Mr Blair says.
He’s pleased to hear Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speak out against any further extension into the harbour.
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