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Waimea Village residents sell up amidst uncertainty
BRIGHT FUNDRAISER: Daffodil Day volunteers Richard Boyden and Sarah Inglis ahead of the annual fundraiser this Friday. The Cancer Society collection day is one of the first signs of Spring and Richard says he is looking forward to helping the Society. “It’s a great cause and anything people can do to help is great. So don’t forget your spare change on Friday.” Collectors will be in Nelson, Stoke and Richmond. Photo: Andrew Board.
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Some scared Waimea Village resi- The comments came shortly after dents are seeking to flee the village Michael ripped a for sale sign out as one outgoing resident accuses its of the ground in front of her house owners of “bullysim”. she says. Waimea Weekly has con“After the ‘For Sale’ sign tacted dozens of residents went up, Michael Wright in the past week, all of knocked on my door and them refused to speak he told me that I was not unless we promised to allowed to have a sign out spare their names, inthere and it had to come cluding one resident who down because it was on has just sold her propcommon ground. erty. She says she has had “I said I would contact the enough of living in the real estate people and ask Village and the stress that them to move it, but he goes with it, a comment was extremely rude and repeated by several of the said ‘it’s alright I’ve pulled residents we spoke to. it out already’ which he “I’m lucky I’ve sold my had, there it was leaning place and I’m happy to be up against my fence.” moving. [Waimea Village Labour list MP Maryan owner] Michael Wright is Street says she was aware the most unpopular man of the incident and is I have ever come across,” pushing forward with a she said. private members bill to It seems she is not alone, try and stop exploitation with another dozen prop- Some of the of elderly residents in the erties also on the market for sale signs Village after she met with in the village. “I’m just around the vil- residents in June. sick of the uncertainly of lage last week. Waimea Village is not a it. We thought we got an retirement village so elanswer earlier this year but now he derly residents have no protection says he is just going to put it [the from the 2003 Retirement Village cost of the lease] up again next SEE PAGE 2 year. It’s too stressful.”
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