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Amputees Park to be sold
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AMPUTEES’ PARK TO BE SOLD
In October 1976, The Otago and Southland War Amputees’ Association notified its intentions to sell Livingstonia Park to ensure the future use of the land. The Association membership had dwindled from more than 100 members to fewer than 70 (in 1976). Most of its members are now in the 60’s and 70’s and the amputee’s association is nearing the end of its life.
To ensure that the park would continue to be enjoyed, the Association has decided to sell it and made an offer to the Bruce County Council because it believed the Council is the only party that can guarantee and safeguard the park’s future. But at the Council’s recent meeting (in October 1976) reservations were expressed by Councillors who considered the County already had sufficient reserve land. Some Councillors were opposed to the proposal indicating that the acquisition of the park would be a further burden to ratepayers. The amputee’s association intended to subdivide a small area from the park containing two cottages. Once that had been approved the Association would then auction the cottages to the public. The Bruce County Council adopted an amended recommendation from its general committee to accept the association’s offer provided the association went ahead with an application for a specified departure for the residential sections from the district scheme. The Council was only interested in the parkland itself.
Date1st October 1976
In October 1976, The Otago and Southland War Amputees’ Association notified its intentions to sell Livingstonia Park to ensure the future use of the land. The Association membership had dwindled from more than 100 members to fewer than 70 (in 1976). Most of its members are now in the 60’s and 70’s and the amputee’s association is nearing the end of its life.
To ensure that the park would continue to be enjoyed, the Association has decided to sell it and made an offer to the Bruce County Council because it believed the Council is the only party that can guarantee and safeguard the park’s future. But at the Council’s recent meeting (in October 1976) reservations were expressed by Councillors who considered the County already had sufficient reserve land. Some Councillors were opposed to the proposal indicating that the acquisition of the park would be a further burden to ratepayers. The amputee’s association intended to subdivide a small area from the park containing two cottages. Once that had been approved the Association would then auction the cottages to the public. The Bruce County Council adopted an amended recommendation from its general committee to accept the association’s offer provided the association went ahead with an application for a specified departure for the residential sections from the district scheme. The Council was only interested in the parkland itself.
Date1st October 1976
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PeopleMiss Joan GreenPhotoFirst Cottage Built at the ParkAmputees at work (3)Amputees at work (2)Amputees at workOfficial Opening of War Amputees CottageWar Amputees Committee 1991War Amputees Health CampWar Amputees at workPlaceTaieri Mouth, DunedinLivingstonia ParkTaieri BeachTaieri RiverGroupTaieri Mouth Amenities Society IncGeo Coord[1] SubjectWar Amputee World War II
PhotoFirst Cottage Built at the ParkAmputees at work (3)Amputees at work (2)Amputees at workOfficial Opening of War Amputees CottageWar Amputees Committee 1991War Amputees Health CampWar Amputees at workPlaceTaieri Mouth, DunedinLivingstonia ParkTaieri BeachTaieri RiverGroupTaieri Mouth Amenities Society IncGeo Coord[1] SubjectWar Amputee World War IIContributors
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Dunedin Public Libraries (25th Feb 2017). Amputees Park to be sold. In Website Dunedin Public Libraries. Retrieved 12th Apr 2026 01:49, from https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/200921