Eden Park Trust Takes a Decision on Million Babies Charity Concert This Week

A final decision as to whether Eden Park can proceed with the LifePod Call concert of the Waitangi "Million Babies" day is likely to be made this week.

A meeting has been called between the trustees of The Eden Park Trust The consent process for the concert is expected to extend beyond the month of October and cost more than $ 750,000, not including the legal fees.

The new information has left the Trust weigh the future of the charity concert

. weigh if we can justify the costs associated with the resource consent process and if we are confident that consent can be obtained in time to finalize the international acts, "said Managing Director Nick Sautner.

Live Aid concert plans were announced by Sir Ray Avery, a former New Zealander of the year, hoping to raise money to help save babies around the world.

Avery wants to build enough LifePod incubators to save a million babies and the concert was the first step in raising the $ 4 million needed to make 2,000 pods.

Since then, hundreds of people have asked if the concert should be allowed. , including former Prime Minister Helen Clark.

Clark asked if Eden Park was completely behind the cause or just using the concert as a "Trojan horse" to provide a precedent for music concerts in the future.

The park, New Zealand's largest stadium with a capacity of 60,000 spectators, has obtained the Auckland Plan's consent for up to 25 night sporting events a year.

The plan also provides for night concerts a year, but requires the confidence to request individual resource consent for each concert.

The Foundation's request for the Million Babies event, filed on June 6, states that the noise levels during the concert, between 7:00 pm and 10:30 pm on Waitangi's day, could exceed 75 decibels for about 30 houses in West of Sandringham Rd and 80 decibels for another small group of houses near the northwest corner of the park.

On July 12, when the bids were closed, the Trust announced that it would offer a noise limit as a condition, but it has not yet said what the limit would be.

Despite some criticism, three-quarters of submissions to the Resource Consent process support the LifePod Appeal, such as 91 percent of Aucklanders and 87 percent of people living "We had a fantastic evening fish and chips Friday with more of 150 of our neighbors and their children, where similar support was voiced for the LifePod Call concert, "said Sautner

. He said that the Trust was now in a "difficult position".

"Because the process that we must pass for a single concert is the same as a real estate investor could have to go through a major development, such as the last case of the marina Matiatia Bay. "

The Eden Park Trust is expected to announce its decision on Thursday.