A sign has gone up at Hamurana Springs with the new entrance fees - and not everyone is happy.
According to the sign, the fees are $18 for adults, $8 for children aged 10-15, kids 9 and under are free and it is $49 for a family of five. The sign indicates there will be a locals card, but landowner Ngati Rangiwewehi has not provided details.
Hamurana Ratepayers Association chairman Jerry Douglas said among his friends and the people in the Hamurana Springs Society there was a feeling of disappointment. Although the cost for locals had not yet been disclosed Mr Douglas said the fact they had to pay at all had people pretty pissed off.
They [Ngati Rangiwewehi] have cut their own throats. I certainly dont think the locals will continue going there.
The 47 hectares of land around the springs were returned to Ngati Rangiwewehi in a Waitangi Tribunal settlement signed in 2015.