January 29, 2016
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Peaceful protest against wharf shut-out A sit-in protest to reclaim Devonport Wharf for the community attracted around a dozen knitters, plus supportive local residents and numerous tourists last Sunday. The gathering was organised by local resident Lynn Dawson in protest to Auckland Transport (AT) wanting to charge community groups for using the renovated wharf space while it stands empty.
“There is no reason why the community can’t make use of what is still an uninviting dead spot,” she says. Dawson set up at around 9.30 am and said the AT security guards left her alone. Since its completion in mid-2015, AT has not found a tenant for the new wharf space downstairs and Dawson suspects it’s because the rent is too high.
“They wanted to charge a community group $1,500 to rent four square metres for four hours, so you can extrapolate from that how much it would be to rent it full time,” she says. “This place needs an innovative use with a reasonable cost attached to it.” To page 2
Making a stand… Lynn Dawson (centre) organised a peaceful sit-in on Devonport Wharf. With Gay Richards (left), Dave Veart (far left) and Ruth Greenaway (right) as well as a group of local knitters Phil Clark P 09 446 2125 M 021 940 041 E phil.clark@harcourts.co.nz Peter Ayton P 09 446 2109 M 021 336 300 E peter.ayton@harcourts.co.nz
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