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Wednesday 24 April 2024
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$36k fees for managing estate a ‘farce’ When Steve Page’s mother died last year, the family sold her house and he says it should have been a simple process, yet Public Trust still charged $41,000 for managing her estate. Steve, who is a co-owner of Waimea Weekly, says Public
Trust’s fee is a “farce”. He says it charged $10,000 for “clipping the ticket” for the sale of the house, even when the family had done most of the work to sell it. When one of the grandkids sent several texts to Public Trust about money that their grandmother
had intended for the grandkids, their enquiry added $2,000 to the costs. “It’s a croc, a scam. You aren’t after anything for free – you just want a reasonable deal.” He was the executor of his mother’s will and says he has been
told by one local lawyer that his mother’s estate would have cost between $10,000 and $12,000 in total if it was dealt with through a lawyer. Steve’s experience with Public Trust got off to a bad start when it emailed him about the death
of his wife, rather than mother, and it went downhill as charges mounted. He says the public need to know about the cost of getting Public Trust to administer their estate
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A new mural depicting Waimea Kindergarten’s connection with the area was celebrated last week. Tasman Mayor Tim King joined with tamariki to share kai and discuss the stroy behind the mural. Affectionately known at the kindy as the ‘King of Richmond’, Tim walked in to cries from his fans - the three and four year olds - of ‘the King is here’. The mural, which was painted by local artist Chrissy Zesk, was completed with the help of $687 of funding support from Tasman Creative Communities. It depicts the eagle Kahukura, and the kumara gardens of the Waimea Plains that he protected. It also shows the awa (river) and mountains of the Richmond Hills, where one wing of Kahukura is said to have been placed when he died. Pictured are Louis Kirker, 4, Olive Huxford, 4, and Lily Crawford, 4. Photo: Sara Hollyman.
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