The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board is opposed to the building of a community centre on Department of Conservation stewardship land at Punakaiki. The Buller District Council has applied to use stewardship land at Dolomite Point for a centre that would accommodate public meetings and other gatherings, and the majority of submissions support the plan. But the conservation board has set out its objections in a letter to Doc this week. Under the Conservation Act, stewardship land must be managed so that its natural and historic resources were protected, the board said. The errors could have been avoided had the council invited the conservation board to comment before public notification, it said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 24, 2020 15:45 UTC