January 29, 2018
Point England deal in election contest
The Labour candidate for the Maungakiekie Tamaki ward by-election wants to relitigate a deal giving Ngati Paoa the right to buy a council reserve at Point England.
Josephine Bartley currently chairs the Maungakiekie Tamaki local board.
She says the previous National Government rammed through the deal to allow the iwi to develop housing on the reserve deal without talking to the community.
She is pledging to work with the Government to find a way to deliver a just treaty settlement for Ngati Paoa while preserving much needed open space at Pt England.
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