Julian Batchelor Rawhiti

Tena koutou, emails recently received from the Far North District Council provide further information, but not much.  Still incredibly vague and inadequate: 18 February 2016 Tena koe Katherine, Further to my last message concerning 4 outstanding items of information, Mr Batchelor has recently met with Council staff and agreed to try and find the Public Liability insurance policy for you. I have some details of the road repair in 2013 and attach a plan showing the position of road repair, a photo showing the damaged road prior to repair, and retaining wall then constructed on the seaward side of the road. I have reminded monitoring staff that I still need to hear from them about the possible marine pollution. Regards, Detlef Davies Local Government Lawyer Far North District Council ________________________- 18 February 2016 Tena koe Detlaf, Thank you for this information. 1.  Has Mr Batchelor provided any of the information requested in the letters to him from the ...

Maori spiritual beliefs have always been very important to tangata whenua.  Particularly with regard to our waahi tapu, spiritual places, urupa, burial grounds where our tupuna rest and other sacred and historic sites.  It is therefore deeply, deeply offensive to discover the evidence of the history of the house which Julian Batchelor currently occupies at Rawhiti and which is the site of Mr Batchelor's unconsented works and breaches of the local bylaws . A woman was murdered in this house by her husband, in front of her children , in a particularly sad, and vicious, attack. The plot thickens however - the murderous husband pleaded not guilty of bashing his wife five or six times in the back of the head with an axe, embedding it about six inches in her skull, in front of the witnesses, because his wife wouldn't give him money.  The murderer's favorite son, 13 year old Herbert, witnessed the gruesome deed, before his father shouted "Goodbye" and rushed out ...

In 1981 plans were made to shift an old villa by barge to land at Rawhiti. That house came from 150 Bank St in Whangarei. Formerly known as Glucina House, it was also known as the Huimai Boarding House, run by Mary Hammon and her husband Daniel. The story of the murder of Mary Hammon is horrific indeed, sad in the extreme, and a telling account of the reality faced by a lot of our great grandmothers.  The fact that this house is sited on the most sacred waahi tapu of Ngati Kuta o Te Rawhiti is an obscene travesty given its history - on top of everything else. This land is the site of at least two historic archaeological sites, it is highly valued and treasured waahi tapu with huge spiritual significance to tangata whenua , and the history - and illegality - of what's gone on on this land is being uncovered.   The penultimate paragraph of the account of the history of the house (above) states that it is believed that the house has recen...

Julian Batchelor's "Oke BayLodge" was shifted onto the land Mr Batchelor is currently occupying by barge, from Bank St, Whangarei, the site of a heinous murder. Maori spiritual beliefs have always been very important to tangata whenua.  Particularly with regard to our waahi tapu, spiritual places, urupa, burial grounds where our tupuna rest and other sacred and historic sites.  It is therefore deeply, deeply offensive to discover the evidence of the history of the house which Julian Batchelor currently occupies at Rawhiti and which is the site of Mr Batchelor's unconsented works and breaches of the local bylaws . A woman was murdered in this house by her husband, in front of her children , in a particularly sad, and vicious, attack. The plot thickens however - the murderous husband pleaded not guilty of bashing his wife five or six times in the back of the head with an axe, embedding it about six inches in her skull, in front of the witnesses, because...

On Julian Batchelor's profile at Barfoot and Thompson Julian says he is the director of a Christian charity.  There seems to be some discrepancy regarding the ownership of the land, the put it mildly.  Te komiti asks the hard questions:  Email sent to Grant Rose, the manager of the Greenhithe branch of Barfoot and Thompson on Tuesday 2 February 2015: Tena koe Mr Rose, I spoke with your wife Michelle yesterday regarding the issue of Mr Julian Batchelor's advertised Christian charity which is included in his Barfoots profile (copy attached).  We are reviewing Mr Batchelor's compliance and consultation with hapu and tangata whenua following recent concerns regarding developments on a property which Mr Batchelor claims is owned by a Christian charity, and variously Mr Batchelor claims that the property is owned by a limited liability private company in his applications to local government. We would appreciated it if you would please provide all information h...

To FNDC, Ombudsmen, Ministers of the crown, etc, 1 Feb 2016: The document provided to me seven days ago, the Application for Licence to occupy a portion of the road dated 24/08/2013 , refers to "red lines" and "yellow areas" yet you have supplied a black and white copy - please forward a colour copy of this document without delay - and all information regarding the public liability insurance in the names of the Licensee and Licensor which is referred to in the top portion of the application and also in paragraph nine on the first page - seven days ago I specifically requested that you provide - without further delay - full details of this Insurance Policy including the Policy number and the name of the insurer as required in this document and all details of the Policy including the date it was taken out, the terms and conditions of the Policy and any expiry date if applicable, and all other information about this application, including all measurem...

This is the application to occupy a portion of the road that FNDC omitted to provide - not hard to see why they didn't want to release it - note the blank space where the information regarding the public liability insurance is supposed to be recorded in the top portion of this form, and referred to in paragraph nine - Kaitiaki o Opourua sent the following email to Alice Astell of the Far North District Council legal department this morning, so far there has been no response.  This post will be updated when a response is received. Tena koe Alice, This document you provided yesterday, the Application for Licence to occupy a portion of the road dated 24/08/2013, refers to "red lines" and "yellow areas" yet you have supplied a black and white copy - please forward a colour copy of this document without delay - and all information regarding the public liability insurance in the names of the Licensee and Licensor which is referred to in the top p...

On his websites Mr Julian Batchelor states that he plans to develop three blocks of land in the Bay of Islands, at Rawhiti. On his websites Julian states that the land is owned by a trust . In an email to the Far North District Council dated 19 October 2015 he claims he's the Director of "a charity": Here on his websites and in his applications to Department of Conservation he proclaims that he is the director of "a Christian Charitable Trust" which owns the land:  Mr Batchelor is a real estate agent, a property developer, and he is the director and shareholder in a number of limited liability companies, including Grace Alone Oke Bay Holdings Limited .  He certainly knows the difference between a trust and a limited liability company, and it appears that he may have recorded false details on his application to the Far North District Council   or on his website claiming that the properties are owned by a trust or a charity, because Mr Batc...