Matt Lauer: "I think that they see me as an easy mark"

The personality of American television Matt Lauer says that groups who are trying to get a bondage at Hunter Valley Station are taking advantage of the "hard times" that he has been experiencing recently and are targeting him because ### 39, it is an "easy mark"

Matt Lauer
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In an exclusive interview with Checkpoint with John Campbell the millionaire – who was fired from his job hosting NBC Today Show on allegations of sexual misconduct – warned that an easement would set a precedent for d & # 39; other owners.

Referring to his dismissal, he said, "I think that's why this fight was chosen now."

million. Lauer bought the lease at Hunter Valley Station on the shores of Lake Hawaii for $ 13 million last year

Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approved the lease after passing a good character test and accepted Now, he says, the groups were trying to change the rules and that was not right.

The Walking Access Commission and the Department of Conservation seek an easement over a distance of 40 kilometers. road that winds through the property.

The land is owned by the government, and the groups argue that the public should have better access. Walking Access general manager Eric Pyle said he has heard multiple reports of people being denied access.

Speaking from New York, Mr. Lauer said groups created a problem that did not exist.

is proposed to solve a problem that does not exist, and that is the misinformation that is out there and it is there intentionally.

"Show me people's logs, Walking Access [Commission] and other people, all the people they say have been refused? They do not exist. "

Hunter Valley Station kept logs that showed more than 100 people had access, and only three or four had been refused because of farm operations," he said.

" I do not know I know what is the problem [is] that they are trying to solve because we have never refused access to people who have followed the right procedure and called the station and said that they were ready to be on the road and well equipped.

The servitude itself would create a problem … All of a sudden we would have no way of knowing who is there.One of the directors of one of the groups said that it would be managed carefully, and by whom? Access Commission sitting on the side of the road, where are the people who grow this property will have to sit there and count every person who goes back and what will happen when they come back there and they do not come back Are we supposed to stop cultivating this land and go for them? "

Mr. Lauer, who was last in New Zealand nine months ago and plans to come back in a month, said that he would not have taken the lease on it. 39, there was unlimited access to the land.The fact is that I bought this property after going through this process and that it was said that there was a set of circumstances, and now a year later, they come to me saying, "Let's change the rules of the game." I think everyone would find this disturbing.

"For a year and a half or more I've been doing it. I have owned, I have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to improve the property and now, a year later, they come and say, "Oh, wait a minute, we have granted you this lease under this set of rules, we would like to change the rules. "I do not think it's right."

The road that groups want to access goes through the exploit agricultural areas and 30m from the farm.

If people want to have access, they can call and ask, and if they are ready (Mr. Lauer said: [TRADUCTION] "As long as they tell us where they are going to be they do not conflict with farming activities, which is not usually the case. "How long do they intend to be back there and what they are well equipped, we let everyone go back there. "

He warned that an easement would set a dangerous precedent for other homeowners and tenants. </ p> <p> I believe that the groups that are at it origin of this situation are unfortunately enjoying the hard times that I have experienced in the last six months, and I think that they consider me as an easy landmark. put this through, which would create a precedent, as this has never been done with a

"I just want to tell people that it's not just

Lauer would "explore" compensation

The law allows for compensation if an easement was granted, and Mr. Lauer said it was something he would "explore".

in the media that he has already asked for millions.

"I did not ask for a penny, I'm following the process that, by the way, is supposed to include me, which did not include me." I am going through the process one step at a time, in the same way that I've gone through the OIO process one step at a time .I did everything they did. Asked when to do it. "

When asked if he wanted compensation, he replied that the easement would have an impact on the value of the property and its investment.

"I would certainly explore this option.I would explore this option, as I think anybody would do it."