“E nga tane, arohaina a koutou wahine, kia pera hoki me te Karaiti i aroha nei ki te hahi, i hoatu hoki i a ia ano mo taua hahi; Hei whakatapunga mana, ma rawa i a ia i te horoinga ki te wai, i runga i te kupu,” (Ephesians 5:25-26)
View from Morrison house to the beach - this area is included in the proposed subdivision.
The Friends of Matapouri group is backing court action by Maori landowners in a bid to stop a coastal subdivision.
The land is at the north end of Matapouri Beach, on the east coast north of Whangarei.
Te Whanau o Rangi Whakaahu say they sold the Otito Block, to the Government in 1970 as a scenic reserve, in the belief that reserve status would safeguard it for all time.
However, they say part of the land was wrongly included in a freehold title by private survey 10 years ago.
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