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Scoop Images: Marion’s East Bay Holiday Snaps (2)
On the last day of her Christmas “holiday” last Wednesday (January 10th) Minister for the Environment Marion Hobbs attended a meeting in Te Aroha Bay, Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds between residents and members of the Marlborough District Council who have zoned East Bay for industrial mussel production.
Unlike the The Man Sent By Sanfords a few days earlier Marion Hobbs was warmly welcomed by residents.
Scoop photographers David and George Mclellan recorded the event. In this second set of images the meeting Marion Hobbs attended is recorded.
For more background to what the meeting was about see Betty Rowe’s column - Save East Bay: A Gold Rush To Vandalism.
The Scene (1) – In the BBQ area
behind the homestead.
The Scene (2) – A glimpse of
East Bay can be seen in the background.
Lilly Valley Resident (and
Scoop Columnist) Betty Rowe - spoke on History of East
Bay
Te Aroha Bay Resident Marcie
Rowe – spoke on Environment and Current Uses of East
Bay
Te Aroha Bach-owner Stephen
Thompson - spoke on behalf of for absent resident Ben
Wybourn on planned industrialisation of East Bay
Wharehunga Resident Rachel
Reece - spoke on inadequacy of public consultation and
legal process in relation to East Bay planning
decisions
Question and Answer session
with Marlborough District Councillor (and planning committee
member) Michael Griggs – East Bay Bachowner Margaret
Thompson (right) is chairperson.
Marion Takes Notes/Sees
Something Interesting
The chair of the MDC Regulatory
Committee Ian Mitchell is standing behind the Minister
wearing a black hat. Both Mitchell and Griggs had left
before the Minister made a brief address to the meeting.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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