My Account
Auckland Council has dismissed as incorrect the appearance of two Mahurangi campgrounds and the Omaha Beach Golf Course on a list of assets it might be considering selling.
The list was published in a NZ Herald article on July 9, under the heading Super City sell off, and immediately caused concern on local social media channels.
The article reported that among the Council assets, identified by the CCO Panuku as suitable for sale, were the Whangateau and Martins Bay Holiday Parks, and the Omaha golf course. The Orewa Holiday Park was also on the list.
However, a Panuku spokesperson told Mahurangi Matters the list is incorrect.
“None of the (Mahurangi) properties are subject to rationalisation,” she said.
Both Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers and Rodney Local Board chair Beth Houlbrooke say they have no knowledge of any intention to sell the campgrounds or the golf course.
Cr Sayers says that a Panuku report on asset sales, which was to have been tabled at a Governing Body meeting “a week or two ago”, was withdrawn at the last minute.
“I am strongly opposed to any suggestion of selling the holiday parks or the golf course,” he says. “Our local population is growing and these public assets will be more important to have than ever before. I am fully prepared to fight to have then kept in public ownership.”
