AS per the weekends comments in the Auckland fish wrapper, there is a very good chance that when the PoA moves to Nthland that Maori will lodge a Treaty claim on the now not needed land , so do we still think that moving the port is a great idea ?
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Considering the PORT sits all on reclaimed land, there must be scope to to launch a counter claim, for improvements.
Anyway, any Maori claim on POA land will be successful because of the following logic.
Some years ago, Hemi & Hamish were working together in Downtown Queen St, laying new fibre optic cables.
They dug down 1 metre, and discovered an abandoned 1900 era telephone cable.
See, says Hamish, that proves what an advanced society colonisation introduced to NZ.
I see says Hemi, lets go to the opposite side of the Street, and see what we discover.
They dug down 1.5 metres, then Hamish says to Hemi, there's nothing here !
See says Hemi, that proves what an advanced society Maori are, we had cordless 200 years before the pakeha got here!
See what Len Brown's inappropriate use of the Ngati Whatua room led to!
And if some have their way, and get a stadium down there, guess what will surround it?
A Carpark!
Doh!
Wont be good for the view either...
Mayor van Gogh wouldn't do such a thing would he?
Some say he should truck off.
Others say he should be railroaded...
Others say he should be re Ported.
He may paint himself into a corner...
For those interested…paralysis by analysis comes to mind. But I guess we do have to get it right. If “we” could just get that rail spur built I think Northport could start to more efficiently take some load off POA.
Where, why and how? The Auckland port debate heats up
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