Concerned boatie Craig Miller (left) and commercial cray fisher Murray Dolman want the Gisborne District Council to take some action against former mayor Meng Foon who has constructed an unpermitted sea wall in front of his seaside camping business at Tatapouri. The boaties believe the wall has channelled a huge pile of sand on to the lower reaches of the nearby slipway, rendering it unusable when the tide is out. Picture by Liam Clayton
Boaties say former mayor Meng Foon’s illegal seawall at Tatapouri is to blame for an unusual pile-up of sand that’s marooning their vessels and vehicles at the end of the slipway.
Local boatie and former captain of the Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club Craig Miller and commercial crayfisherman Murray Dolman have been regular users of the slipway for 45 years. They say the accumulation of...
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