Dear Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities,

A member of our Society has asked both Kainga Ora and Ruapehu District Council the following questions; both agencies have avoided answering the questions.

46 residential lots are currently applied for in the Resource Consent for Teitei Drive (a joint application between RDC & KO), of which 44 have been advertised to the public as a 15/15/14 split between social, affordable and workers accommodation.

1./ Please advise what the remaining 2 residential lots are being used for or will be used for (for the avoidance of doubt, what will be done with any number of residential lots above the 44)
2./ Who will own the remaining 2 titles, or who will they be transferred to (for the avoidance of doubt, who will own the additional residential titles over the 44 residential lots or who will they be transferred to)

Yours faithfully,

Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc

Dear Clint Owens,

Thank you for your response.

With regards to your statement "please also note any additional lots will remain the property of Ruapehu District Council, unless otherwise agreed".

We are not able to find any provision for the fate of the additional residential lots, hence our repeated questioning.
As the superlot will be transferred to Kainga Ora, the land and titles are the responsibility of Kainga Ora
The definition of super lot within the terms are “Legal Description: 1.6 hectares more or less described as "Stage One" and marked on the Master Plan”

As it stands, we read the S&P agreement sections
J(a) - The subdivision of a Super Lot of approximately 1.6 ha from the Council's overall land holding of 9.4356 ha at Teitei Drive, Ohakune
(J(b) - The sale of the Super Lot to HNZ Build
J(e) - Construction of4 4 new homes b HNZ Build to be used for the mixed uses of public housing, affordably-priced home ownership and long term worker-rental housing

17.1(b) Following the achievement of Practical Completion for the Public Homes, HNZ Build will procure the transfer of ownership oft h e PublicHomes to HousingN e w Zealand Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Käinga Ora, in order for Käinga Ora to use the Public Homes for public housing purposes

17.2(b) Following the achievement of Practical Completion for the Affordable Homes, HNZ Build will procure, in consultation with the Counciland Ngäti Rangi, the sale of the Affordable Homes to end purchaserswho are eligible in accordancewith
the relevant Affordable Housing Programme utilised by Käinga Ora for the sale of the Affordable Homes

17.3(d) Prior to thetransfer of ownership provided for in clause 17.3(c), the titles to the Worker-Rental Homes will be registered with a land covenant in gross in favour of HNZ Build and on terms and conditions reasonably required by HNZ Build in order to secure the outcomes for the Worker-Rental Homes provided for in this clause 17.3.

1) Could you please point me to the location, page and section of the S&P agreement that states the lots will remain the property of Ruapehu District Council.

2) The second part of your statement "unless otherwise agreed", could you advise if any signed or draft agreements exist with any party, any discussions or emails regarding the possible fate of the additional lots over and above the 44.

Yours sincerely,

Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc

Dear Clint Owens,

Thanks for your response Clint.

We have a question regarding you process for response.

Do you personally look for this information and consider the response or is it passed on to someone else.
If the latter, do you consider the response and ensure the entire context of the question has been posed to that someone else.

We ask, because the acknowledgement you reply with contains my two questions but not the text pre or post the question going context to the information and the points of the contract we refer to.

We just want to be certain that when you are logging the question in your internal systems, or asking those that respond, that they have full context of the questions being asked and the points we highlight pre and post the questions as this is important information.

We have posed this question along with others many times, on this occasion we have even pointed to the S&P agreement items that state
(a) You are purchasing the superset 1.6ha
(b) that there is a clause to the S&P to transfer affordable homes to owners
(c) that there is a clause in the S&P to transfer the social houses to KO
(d) that there is a clause in the S&P to transfer the workers accommodation to a third party
(e) that there is no clause to transfer surplus properties or land to RDC other than vesting reserves

There is no legal basis for your response that stated "please also note any additional lots will remain the property of Ruapehu District Council". I can only assume this is a misleading statement and may refer to land proposed to the stage 2 and stage 3 lots which was not my question.

As stated, we have asked this question numerous times and continue to receive responses that are misleading or are not answered at all; a stalling tactic to gain another 20 working days for responding to withhold the official information.

I would appreciate a clear response with facts and evidence to support your claim, I expect a response well prior to the 20 working days as this s getting ridiculous and the information is being withheld on purpose and will be reported to the Ombudsman if this continues or is delayed

Yours sincerely,

Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc

Dear Clint Owens,

Kainga Ora continue to answer this question ambiguously.

One such answer stated "please also note any additional lots will remain the property of Ruapehu District Council, unless otherwise agreed"

So my followup once again, for I dont know how many times, please answer each separately and not as aggregated answers.
1./ Will any additional lots over and above the 44 funded under the agreement with HUD be transferred to RDC?

2./ In its current state, there are 46 lots, 44 assigned under the funding, this means 2 additional lots (which I know may change depending on consent requirements etc), in its current form, if there are 2 additional lots remaining, who will legally own these at the end of the day.

Yours sincerely,

Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc

Dear Kainga Ora Correspondence,

There appears to be a problem with the attached pdf

Yours sincerely,

Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc

Dear Kainga Ora Correspondence,

Please could you email it to [email address] as the attachments don’t appear to be working through fyi at the moment.

Yours sincerely,

Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc