Show your support for ending unfair decision making against our community. There have been a few people who have suggested making signs and placing them in the community to raise awareness. A good start would be to make one and place it on your front gate or fence. We have …
This is a copy of our letter to Prime Minister Winston Peters. Below is a short excerpt from our letter outlining the advantage bias our community is facing… “We as first time home buyers, understand first hand the complexities of affordability. Which is fundamentally why we do not support this …
Thursday 28th June’s council decision has not come unexpected and is a tell-tale sign of the representation issues that are occurring within the QLDC itself. This is what KeepHaweaBeautiful has been saying throughout this entire process. There is a major issue in the way that decisions are made for the …
KHB-“informal submission” to the council on Lane Hocking, UD, eoi. Our sincere apologies for grammar and spelling throughout submission, also we have erroneously referred to the Queenstown lakes community housing trust as QCHT, proves we are human, it had been a busy week Frankly – we are still trying to …
See original article published on Crux The following is the full unedited version. The Upper Clutha’s rural heritage and outstanding landscape is rapidly being consumed by unsustainable, exponential growth, driven by private enterprise which seeks to garner financial advantage from our communities. Within local government, there is a distinct gap …
We have sent copies of the letter below along with the petition signed by the community, to: Dame Patsy Reddy – Governor General; Hon Philip Twyford – Minister of Housing & Urban Development; Jim Boult – QLDC Mayor. The petition has been received, with a very generic response from all. …
Universal Developments – Lane Hocking made his expression of interest today. The document is viewable here. KeepHaweaBeautiful has been contacted by media agencies today following a press release from Universal Developments. We released the following statement: KeepHaweaBeautiful response to EOI of special housing area from Lane Hocking Upon first reading …
Today saw the Ten Year Plan hearing at the Lake Wanaka Centre, where we were speaking to the Queenstown Lakes District Council Elected Representatives in support of funding application for a Hawea Community 2050 Strategic Plan. The following clip is the full statement from KeepHaweaBeautiful to the Council for anyone …
This morning we stumbled upon an article enlightening the historical creation of the term NIMBY. NIMBYism originated in 1980 after a community forced the Carter Administration to about turn on chemical waste dumps by large polluters in rural areas. In response, polluters developed a movement to marginalise communities standing up …
This piece is in support of Tim and Carmen who are leading the KeepHaweaBeautiful.nz movement. They are doing a fantastic job in raising community awareness and understanding about the special housing area (SHA) which a developer, Lane Hocking, is considering to propose for a block of rural land, outside of …
