Poll: Do you think banning gang patches is reasonable?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

With the government cracking down on gangs, it is now illegal for gang members to display their insignia in public places whether through clothing or their property.

This means arrests can be made if these patches are worn in places like restaurants, shops, on public transport or ferries, and on airplanes. Arrests were made recently at a funeral.

Do you think this ban is reasonable?

Do you think banning gang patches is reasonable?

• Yes
• No
• Other - I'll share below

Vote View Results

• 76.3% Yes
  76.3% Complete
• 22.3% No
  22.3% Complete
• 1.4% Other - I'll share below
  1.4% Complete

1512 votes

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Community urged to share views on Kaikōura’s reserves

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter

Kaikōura residents will be able to shape how three reserves are used in the region, including whether more activities could be hosted at South Bay Domain.

The Kaikōura District Council approved draft reserve management plans for the South Bay Domain and the Kaikōura Top 10 Holiday Park for consultation at a meeting on Wednesday, November 27.

The two draft plans will go out for consultation with the draft South Bay Forest reserve management plan, which was approved last month, early in the new year.

Hearings and deliberations were expected to follow in April or May.

Council planning officer Zach Burns said the South Bay Domain reserve management plan captures the broad use of the reserve.

The reserve comprises around 24 hectares and is in two parts, including a lower section, which includes the racecourse, and on the hill, which includes the Kaikōura Aquatic Centre.

The racecourse has been leased to the Kaikōura Trotting Club since 1974, which sub-leases the site to other organisations and events such as the Kaikōura A&P Show and the Kaikōura Hop.

‘‘We are trying to enable activities in the empty area beside the pools and some people have suggested moving the hot pools up there.

‘‘We are trying to encourage the enhanced use of the reserve and acknowledge the significance of the location.’’

Burns said the holiday park reserve management plan ‘‘supports the existing use and we don’t really see that changing’’.

He said the plan could be reviewed if the lease came to an end.

The reserve management plan process was triggered earlier this year while the council was consulting on establishing a commercial hot pools on the Kaikōura Esplanade Reserve on the waterfront.

It was subsequently discovered the land had been vested in the council some years ago, rendering the lease ‘‘null and void’’.

The council realised it needed a reserve management plan, and it began the process of developing plans for five key reserves in the town.

The draft Esplanade Reserve management plan was approved for consultation in September.

Submissions closed on Wednesday, with hearings and deliberations due to be held next month.

A fifth reserve management plan, for the Takahanga Domain, will be presented to the council for consideration in the new year.

Council chief executive Will Doughty said there were more than 100 reserves in the district which may require reserve management plans.
‘‘There might be an opportunity to do a catch-up plan for the rest.’’

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