Karikari residents claim reserve win
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Karikari residents are celebrating after the owners of the Whatuwhiwhi Top 10 Holiday Park withdrew their request to lease part of a public reserve. A local whanau occupied the Perehipe Reserve for two weeks to protest a formal agreement between the council and the owners of the holiday park for them to lease a 1600-square-metre section of the land. Spokeswoman Caroline Snowden says the group had planned...