Access debate
"If the council wishes to retain horse and motorised vehicle access (to Mangapurua Valley) then I suppose you can either take over maintenance if the road ends up reinstated or can fund the Department to carry out the maintenance." That statement was made in a letter to the Ruapehu District Council by Department of Conservation regional conservator Bill Carli, which was received by the council at their recent meeting. The letter was in reply to advice that the council has, at the re-
quest cf the Waimarino Community Board, asked the ombudsman to look into the way the Mangapurua Valley Road was closed. Mr Carlin said in his letter that right of access was guaranteed and that the real issue is "the mode of access". Hunters have objected to no longer being allowed to take horses or motorcycles on the road, since the road became part of DoC's estate. "The overall intent of the exercise was to improve access," said Mr Carlin. The council and Waimarino Community Board are to form a working party to negotiate with DoC to try to resolve the issues in contention "rather than relying on formal statutory procedures".
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 10, Issue 457, 13 October 1992, Page 3
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195Access debate Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 10, Issue 457, 13 October 1992, Page 3
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