Mid Canterbury people who own holiday homes in Tekapo are being asked to help stop a big hotel being built next to the village’s school and kindergarten.
The group set up to oppose the hotel, Lake Tekapo Community and Friends Society, is raising $50,000 to cover legal costs to fight the development of the hotel, which they say should be in another location for the safety of their children.
The society has engaged a lawyer to pursue a judicial review against the Mackenzie District Council, who granted resource consent for the development. Legal costs so far have amounted to $10,000.
Society spokesperson Nat Zuleta said they had a solid case and were likely to win in the High Court because the council did not follow due process when it granted resource consent.
They needed to raise another $50,000 to cover the other side’s legal costs in case they lost; this money would be refunded on winning the case.
A givealittle page to raise funds is awaiting moderation.
