For the first time since 1993 that The Mission Concert, held annually at Mission Vineyards in Taradale, will not be staged at the end of summer in 2015. The February concert had been postponed until a suitable act could be found, the Sports Entertainment Limited chairman James Erskine said. “The search for a suitable act Read more
Napier City Council is in court accused of “significant credibility” issues after taking Mission Winery land and then refusing to pay for it.
The council took land belonging to the winery in 2006 under the Public Works Act to realign Puketitiri Rd. About the same time, officials obtained a valuation from valuer Mike Penrose, which valued the 1.5ha of land at $168,000.
The council offered that sum to the winery owner, Marist Holdings (Greenmeadows) Ltd, but it felt it was worth more, and obtained an independent valuation that put it at $320,000.
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