PHOTO: MURRAY WILSON/STUFF The historic Caccia Birch homestead is struggling to make a dollar.
More money for staff is needed to help keep Palmerston North’s Caccia Birch House available for the community to enjoy its heritage values.
Its trust board wants to spend about an extra $30,000 a year to provide back-up for its sole manager Nicky Birch.
But it is reluctant to take on more commercial bookings that would restrict public access to the house and gardens on the bank of the Hokowhitu Lagoon to balance the budget.
The city council has rejected the trust board’s financial plans for the next three years, which would see it go broke.
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