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Getting a taste of kiwi
Canopy cloth and wooden piles have replaced rural views in Waipā, say residents from left, Nick Jennings, Margaret and Grant Walker. By Mary Anne Gill
When Nick and Vanessa Jennings moved to an Ōhaupō lifestyle block just over a year ago, they could see Te Miro Hills in the distance from their deck. Now all they can see is a kiwifruit orchard at 582 Parallel Rd with rows of white shade cloth over thousands of plants, six-metrehigh wooden piles and shelterbelt hedging four metres from the boundary – when
council rules say they should be set back 25 metres. The new orchard is one of two in Waipā which have drawn objections resulting in hearings, an independent commissioner being called in and one decision now going to a mid-year judicial review. The Jennings say despite the complaints, work establishing the orchard next door continues – and work is almost complete on a second in the same road.
Waipā District Council Growth and Regulatory services group manager Wayne Allan said only some parts of the operations at 383 and 582 Parallel Road, need resource consent. It has also been revealed a council staff member involved in consent applications for the operation had accepted a role in the company acting for the orchard owners. The planner had earlier recommended against a retrospective consent going ahead.
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The views from the property, described in a 2021 real estate blurb as an “idyllic haven with a beautiful rural outlook”, started changing last February as hundreds of the poles holding several metres of white canopy cloth were installed in front and to the side of them. Underneath the canopies at 582 Parallel Road were new Ruby Red kiwifruit plantings.
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