Maggieoops has replied to "Letters to Editor: Closing Ocean Beach".
Dec. 28, 2011, 3:26 p.m. " I was told Paratene Te Huia of Ocean Beach who is a Maori and Hariata Bakers nephew (kuia of the family at Ocean Beach )said he was going to make sure that no one could camp there anymore and he had control over what goes on at Ocean Beach. He claims he has to over see all of Ocean Beach and make all decisions for his whanua. He said Andy Lowe has no control over this situation and if Andy wants to keep working with the Maori people he needs to step back and mind his own business. "