Accusations of propaganda, destroying "taonga" and jeopardising people's mental and spiritual health - all par for the course at a meeting over the future of Rotorua's Springfield Golf Course.
A Rotorua Lakes Council proposal could see the course absorbed into a new recreation precinct that would also include housing.
The plan follows a 2018 analysis that found Rotorua's sports fields were of an "unacceptable quality" and unable to cope with future demand.
Local Democracy Reporter Felix Desmarais was at last night's meeting and tells Lisa Owen most of the people there were opposed to the plan.
