Leasehold Maori Land - A Foreign Concept?

[Brent George]

A new chapter is being written for a two decades old gated lakeside subdivision in Taupō that has in the past attracted its fair share of controversy.

Retired UK chartered architect David Duggan recently announced the construction of 15 two-bedroom units at Parawera Estate, a picturesque peninsula of Māori-owned land between Acacia Bay South and Jerusalem Bay.

Duggan’s duplex units, once inhabited, will substantially increase the number of residents on the peninsula, with the broader 20-hectare development having had a stop-start history due to bankruptcies and accusations of poor process.

Residency in the development is via long-term lease with the peninsula forming part of a larger block of 330ha hectares owned by Hiruharama Ponui Incorporation in Acacia Bay.
Stuff - LifeStyle: 19-July-2021

[Ian Gillespie]

There was a similar development in Matauri Bay. It didn't seem to work and the reason appeared to be that people did not like the lease conscept.
Here is the location which I think was completed about 6 years ago.
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[Brent George]

Thanks Ian.  And I went on a fly-by...