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ARC Produces “Excellent” Decision on Filming
September 20, 2007
Media Release (For Immediate
Release)
ARC PRODUCES “EXCELLENT”
DECISION
Waitakere City Council has welcomed an ARC
committee’s decision on filming in the region.
Yesterday the Auckland Regional Council’s Parks and Heritage Committee ruled on a report which looked at possible restrictions on filming at key sites in the Waitakere Ranges.
The report was part of a review of the ARC Regional Parks Management Plan.
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey and Councillor Penny Hulse, along with film and television industry representatives, made formal submissions on the proposed changes, which the committee has now decided against.
“The Waitakere Ranges are a unique natural environment and must be protected for generations yet to come,” says Mayor Harvey. “But the management of the area must also be balanced with pragmatism. What the ARC has come up with is an excellent balance between the economy and the environment.”
“The film industry knows how important the locations in the Ranges are to their survival and I am certain that film makers won’t do anything to jeopardise that.”
The report and recommendations of the ARC Parks & Heritage sub-Committee will now go to a full Council vote on the 24th of September.
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