Tauranga City Council has finally voted in favour of gifting a piece of contested land back to a hapū, after a year of going back and forth.
The previous council had vetoed this at the end of last year after public consultation showed 58 percent of people were against it.
But much to the relief of the Otamataha Trust and the Elms Foundation, who will lease the land, the newly elected council has finally put an end to the matter.
Meriana Johnsen reports.
