TAUPO MOANA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16622, 14 April 1928, Page 14

TAUPO MOANA

.... , } THE CHANGING YEARS STATE CONTEOL OP FISHING Great changes are taking place around Lake Taupe- (states an exchange). "Whatever one's opinion of the deal the Government and the Maori 1 ; owners, by which the former all fishing rights in the lake and--its :tributary rivers, there can bo no-.rfjuestion of the results. The eager aiigler is'lrio longer confronted by trespssV notices at every turn, and is not led to transfer all his worldly goods to a'rf'succession of alleged proprietors of his .chosen.beat. Once provided with a license, he now has a free right of access, along- all water fronts. Frpm the" hiain road bridge down to ./'• :■-■:■■ " i

Grace's old homestead, a rough motor road is already formed along the Tongariro River, and numerous tracks have been cut along that and other rivers. A new road has also just been surveyed from the Tongariro straight across the swamp to the township, which will bring a thirsty angler within a mile of his favorite poison, instead of four or I five miles as at present. Camps are permitted within a chain of the river hanks on payment of a small fee; for 1 10s a week one can select a permanent site of 10 yards square, and boil his hilly there from now till the millen- ■ nitim. ' « There should lie a ready salo for , more sections along the river in any ! of the favorite fishing areas. Those near the main hridge recently put on j the market by the Government were ' all snapped up, and most of them are. I' built upon. The Government by cheap purchase of individual interests, and 1

other methods of peaceful penetration, more or less unnoticed by the simple native, has now become the direct owner of at least half of the Tongariro frontages above the bridge already mentioned, and will probably open up more ground before long. Maori rights have just been bought in the hind between the river and the new fish hatchery. This is an ideal site for a permanant fishing camp, and only a few chains distant from the Kowahi flat selected recently for Hie Duke's camp. The hatchery is now complete and reac|y to commence operations as soon as tlie fishing season closes. Now that the "State has taken control of the fishing areas, development should go ahead.