Public Access vs Historical Access vs Restricted Access

[Brent George]

Over the holiday break I was wrapping up some barbeque scraps in an old newspaper, which happened to be an old ODT that had been transported to Christchurch as they do from time to time...

The following article caught my eye and is a report on the age-old problem of asserting the rights for public access over what appears to be a legal road versus the asserted rights of restricted access over a portion of closed road by the leaseholder...

www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/327055/hut-users-see-end-holiday-tradition

Subsequent Letters to the Editor have offered a variety of views - mainly from affected parties, but also from a spokesperson of the Lessee. 

[Alex Liggett]

The story you have linked to seems to focus more on the curtailing of long-standing, but unsecured access to various huts, rather than the stopped road issue per se.

TBH there are inevitably two sides to any story like this - think for example of the Flock Hill Station situation immediately prior to the general election. The media often don't seem to solicit both sides.