Thread: Fiordland submission on proposed hotel.

Originally Posted by chalkeye

Putting those businesses within the park itself seems counter productive to that, and a bit of a dangerous precedent to set for other businesses looking to profit from our parks. The National Park boundaries are set, they should be respected.

This is the key issue I think, thin end of the wedge. Its pretty directly contrary to the Fiordland National Park Management Plan (and the National Parks Act) - if you let them ignore those rules for one private commercial outfit to make a profit from public land it sets precedent and makes it easier for them to push bigger, more invasive commercialisation in future.