More on Julian Batchelor's retaining wall:
This photo shows the damage to the trees and vegetation, Batchelor chopped down the historic pohutukawa tree and has erected a garish 'Christmas tree' instead. The original retaining wall Mr Batchelor erected, which soon collapsed. The shoddy standard of work is clearly apparent The wall collapsed, taking the land with it. At the same time, the road in front of the property collapsed, falling onto the beach. Here is the link to Julian Batchelor's application for resource consent to "construct a retaining wall within the road and boundary set up." (sic) Note Mr Batchelor only lists a Post Office box and writes "NA" - not applicable in the space where he is required to provide another address. At the top of this document it can be clearly seen that Mr Batchelor has stated that the property is owned by a limited liability private company, Grace Alone Oke Bay Holdings Limited - and not a "Christian Charitable Trust" as h...