A string of weekend cottages, known in the north as baches, perch among the volcanic boulders around the coast of Rangitoto. Built during the 1920s and 1930s, the baches are on Crown land and several efforts have been made since then to remove them. At one point leases were to die with their owners. In 1990, leases of land for some 34 baches were renewed by the Department of Conservation, despite moves at the time against more than 20,000 similar arrangements on Crown reserves throughout New Zealand. Now a special trust has been set up to restore some baches, with AMP putting up $60,000 for the next three years. Despite the extraordinary natural values of the island, its human aspect is receiving heritage status too.
GORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 311, 1 February 2004, Page 28
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129A string of weekend cottages, known in the north as baches, perch among the volcanic boulders around the coast of Rangitoto. Built during the 1920s and 1930s, the baches are on Crown land and several efforts have been made since then to remove them. At one point leases were to die with their owners. In 1990, leases of land for some 34 baches were renewed by the Department of Conservation, despite moves at the time against more than 20,000 similar arrangements on Crown reserves throughout New Zealand. Now a special trust has been set up to restore some baches, with AMP putting up $60,000 for the next three years. Despite the extraordinary natural values of the island, its human aspect is receiving heritage status too. GORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS Forest and Bird, Issue 311, 1 February 2004, Page 28
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