My Account
An anomaly that saw the Te Hana Te Ao Marama cultural centre and marae potentially charged at least $9000 in commercial rent every year has been corrected by Rodney Local Board.
The February meeting heard that Te Hana Community Development Charitable Trust had applied to vary its lease terms, which had been set by the old Rodney District Council in 2004 and stated that the trust should pay $9000 plus GST every year from 2009 to 2014 and the current market rent after that.
However, members heard that council staff had never actually invoiced the trust, the rental terms were disproportionate to the revenue brought in by its tourist operations and that all other marae across Auckland were leased at a peppercorn rent, and voted to remove the commercial rent terms.
