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Public park loss ‘shows erosion of democracy’
Land for a pocket park at the Spencer on Byron high-rise has been reclassified for car parking without community consultation. The planning decision showed an erosion of democratic rights, says the Takapuna Residents Association (TRA). “Of course we are disappointed – it was a
public facility that was taken away without consultation,” its chair Steven Salt said. For years, the TRA has tried to have what was a condition of the original consent for the hotel and apartment building enforced, but the building’s body corporate has now won permission to use the western corner space
of its Byron St frontage for extra parking. The body corporate’s “re-consent” application followed talks with Auckland Council planners in late 2023, after the council had issued an abatement notice requiring the public area to be reinstated. To page 2
Takapuna remembers the fallen
Team tribute... Harbour Voices members (from left) Visse Hopley, Nicky Laird, Anna Watson and Nicole Young with a wreath for laying at the Takapuna Anzac Day commemoration. The choir led a big turnout of people in singing the Australian and New Zealand National Anthems. Pictures, pages 8-11.