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Former Premier Helen Clark talks about the planned charity concert for Eden Park.
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark does not want to meet with the organizer of a proposed charity concert at Eden Park, saying that this should be decided by the Environmental Court.
Clark says that she has nothing against the plan of inventor and philanthropist Ray Avery, and his opposition is on the scene, which should give way to housing.
"It's about Eden Park, it is in my opinion used by Eden Park to set a precedent for a concert, and once you set a precedent that knows where it will go," declared Clark to Stuff on Thursday.
Clark lives three blocks from the Sandringham lands. Sir Ray described his submission as opposed to planning approval as a "fall of grace".
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The inventor hopes that $ 4 million concert and fund-raising events will provide incubators that he invented for premature babies in developing countries .
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says she's not interested in meeting Sir Ray Avery on his Eden Park concert plan
First, he must get planning approval, because the automatic rights of Eden Park are limited to organizing sporting events.
"Eden Park has been trying for years to get permission for concerts, and each time it has been postponed by proper planning processes," Clark said.
Sir Ray hoped to meet opponents in person and persuade Clark of the merits of the charity plan, but she said she was not interested.
"I think this needs to unfold before proper planning processes, and in the meantime the developer might decide that there is less hassle at Mt Smart Stadium which is a place ready to go. employment with all necessary consents. "
The Waitangi Day event will feature an yet unnamed international act that Sir Ray described as" acoustic ".
by Sir Ray Avery Foundation and Eden Park Trust
Jason Oxenham / Stuff
Sir Ray Avery led the announcement Wednesday at Eden Park Stadium
] Clark has described herself as a longtime supporter of the Eden Park Neighbors Association who also intends to oppose the concert in court of the environment.
Sir Ray said that he was disappointed with the opposition. "
" It just does not make sense to me – the concert will last three hours and will change the lives of many babies born too early, "he said.
The argument comes at the moment where Eden Park seeks to expand the number and type of events that it can stage, to increase income that does not cover depreciation, or allow it to repay the debt.
Its advice Trust hoped in the long run to prove the viability of Eden Park to remain the country's leading sport. "
" In my opinion, a good idea because the transport nodes of the entire metropolitan area are entering the CBD ", She said
raises the problem: what about Eden Park? If you're looking for housing intensification, mixed-use housing, then you could have a good place for that at Eden Park. "
– Stuff
