They are looking at several options, charging access to the beach, lowering speed limits on the beach and in certain cases, banning vehicles from the beach.
When the land of the Kaingaroa forest was given to local Maori as part of a settlement deal, the first thing they did was to stop all access on Goudes Road that runs between Reporoa and state highway 38 at Kaingaroa. Nobody, including school buses, could use that road anymore adding 60 kilometres to the trip school children had to take to attend the high school and college. The next move was to stop access to anglers who wished to fish the Flaxy lakes, the Wheo canal and a long stretch of the Rangitaiki river. Along with my late wife we ran a fishing lodge at Aniwhenua for several years, I know what I am talking about. I have been moved away from this area for about four years, this may have now changed. These are facts, this is what Maori did when they were given settlement.
There is also a possibility a professional tour company could come to an arrangement with local iwi where they purchase the sole right to have access to the beach for the tourist route to the Cape. There are many precedents that can be found where ownership changes the game completely.
At present a representative suggested a gold coin donation or a gift of 'koha' could gain access. The problem here being once those gold coins are added together it will not take long until someone suggests they are in fact sitting on a very nice little earner, like it or not the far north is a terribly depressed area and locals need to make money wherever and whenever they can. In my opinion, anything that achieves that aim will get backing from the council.
Locals could also support the Ninety fishing comp. They could well impose a daily tariff for anglers and charge for camping on the beach. This charge would also be supported by council.
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on 16/12/2014, 5:57 pm, in reply to "