Ngāi Tahu has told the owners of 32 baches at Canterbury's Greenpark Huts that they have to be out by 2024. Five generations of Kane Scarrott’s​ family have grown up holidaying at Greenpark Huts on the edge of Lake Ellesmere, south of Christchurch. Ngāi Tahu general manager te o tūroa Trudy Heath said the decision was not made lightly, but there had never been a guarantee of ongoing tenancy on the land. ”The Greenpark Huts sit on a site of immense cultural and mahinga kai significance to Ngāi Tahu,” she said. She said Ngāi Tahu would continue to work with the leaseholders as the decision was implemented.

Source: Stuff August 28, 2020 17:01 UTC