Ki Rotorua, e rua ngā rangi noho whakawā i te tono rawa taiao mō te kaupapa whakatū hōtērā ki Te Koutu. He kotahi rau, e rua tekau mā ono ngā tono ā tuhi e whakahē ana i te whakatūnga o te whare, ko te nuinga e ahu mai ana i te hunga noho o Te Koutu tonu.
E ai ki ngā kaitono mo te whakatūnga hōtera ki Te Koutu ka taea e taua hōtera te haumaru i ngā manuhiri rua rau te nui me te whakatū tūranga mahi hou mo ngā kaimahi rua tekau.
“It's in the wrong zone and these been no consultation with Iwi with Māori with the Marae of which there are five in and around the site,” hei tā Natalie Richards (Te Arawa).
Ko te hiahia kia whakatū i te whare hōtērā kotahi rau rūma ki tēnei wāhi kei runga o Bennett's tiriti ki Te Koutu.
APR Architects spokesperson Roger Willard says, “We are not designing a hard edge modem architectural state with a lot class insert, it will be a very soft edged.”
Nō te Māhuru o tērā tau i puta ngā ātetenga o te hapori ki ngā kaitono e tono ana kia whakatū i tēnei whare hōtērā. Kihae ngā kaiwhakahaere hainamana i te hiahia ki te whakaputa kōrero kia mutu tēnei hui. Mo rātou o Te Koutu e whakahē nei i te whakatūtanga o tēnei whare ka whawhai tonu rātou.
“I say to all the other communities out there you fight it, because this is why we are here, we are fighting for Te Koutu and we are going to put our stake in the ground our pou in the ground to say no, no hotel in residential zones in Rotorua,” hei tā Aroha Hicks (Te Arawa, Te Aitanga o Mahaki).
Āpōpō, ka haere tonu te hui.
