- A joint venture to develop Shelly Bay could begin by the middle of the year, with the iwi’s new board confirming plans after a fresh round of consultation.
The latest step in an on-again, off-again plan, the approval appears to clear the way for a major new housing and commercial development to the north of Wellington International Airport on the shore of the Miramar Peninsula.
In September the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust (PNBST) announced plans for a major development of the land, acquired in its Treaty of Waitangi settlement in 2009, as part of a joint venture with The Wellington Company.
The proposal for the former Air Force base came only months after members of the iwi voted down a similar plan, leading to further protests and a complaint to the Waitangi Tribunal.
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Supplied. An artist’s impression of a joint venture development at Shelly Bay by the Port Nicholson Block Development Trust and The Wellington Company.
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