Radio New Zealand reports:
Huka Falls resort for sale
Updated 3 minutes ago
The Huka Falls Resort is for sale, just months after New Zealand First leader Winston Peters claimed it was being sold to foreign buyers.In February in an address to Greypower in Auckland, Mr Peters claimed that Prime Minister John Key had promised the buyers a smooth ride through the Overseas Investment Office process.At the time, Huka Lodge said Mr Peters was not correct.Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson also said the claims were not true.The property is advertised for sale in The Dominion Post, with tenders due to close on 15 May. It was last sold in 2003.The sale includes 3.8 hectares, buildings and the Huka Falls Resort conference centre and a cafe business. The advertisement says 27 of the 34 villas are leased to the business.
There's just one slight issue with the RNZ story. Huka Falls Resort is NOT Huka Lodge. They are in fact totally separate businesses, located two kilometres apart.
Perhaps Winston Peters was similarly confused, and heard the rumour mill talking about Huka Falls Resort. But his claim in February that Huka Lodge had been "sold to the Chinese" is patently inaccurate. Will he apologise to the owners of the Lodge, and to those who he misled? Probably not.
Winston Peters has clearly got his Hukas mixed up. Oh dear.
Footnote: We can't link to the RNZ story, because it has mysteriously disappeared.
