created the nine-hole course<\/a> in Donovan Park in September last year.<\/p>\nAssociation treasurer Ryan Alderton said the group had shared the park with Wood for \u201cquite some time now\u201d, peacefully and without affecting each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are more than happy to continue sharing the space with Mandy if she is successful in gaining permission from the council to keep on training dogs at Donovan Park.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alderton said the group had not complained to the council about Wood training dogs at the park.<\/p>\n
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A disc golf course was established in Donovan Park last year. Photo \/ Kelly O’Hara<\/p>\n
He believe they came independently from a member of a family who were not club members.<\/p>\n
He said it was great for Te Puke to have someone like Wood who could train dogs that needed extra attention.<\/p>\n
The group hoped she would be able to return to training in Donovan Park alongside people playing disc golf.<\/p>\n
Wood said she was relieved to find out she could resume using the park for training sessions if she met several conditions. <\/p>\n
She must apply for a concession to operate her commercial business on council land. <\/p>\n
She also needs to secure public liability insurance to protect against third-party liabilities as part of the formalisation process. <\/p>\n
Once the licence was approved, the council would publicise that Wood\u2019s business was legitimate and establish clear guidelines for timetables and usage so dog trainers and disc golfers can fairly share the space. <\/p>\n
Western Bay of Plenty District Council reserves and facilities manager Peter Watson said under the Reserves Act, commercial activities on reserve land required a formal concession.<\/p>\n
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Western Bay of Plenty District Council reserves and facilities manager Peter Watson. Photo \/ Bijou Johnson<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have spoken with Mandy about what is required and are committed to working with her to establish an appropriate arrangement.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said this would help protect her business interests, ensure the council met its obligations under the act, and confirm appropriate public liability insurance was in place.<\/p>\n
\u201cFormalising the activity through a concession will also provide certainty around operating times, enabling other reserve users, including disc golf participants, to better plan their use of the park.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watson said this would help minimise conflicts between user groups and support the fair and effective sharing of the reserve.<\/p>\n
\u2013 LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.<\/p>\n
Ayla Yeoman<\/a> is a Local Democracy Reporting journalist based in Tauranga. She holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in communications, politics and international relations from the University of Auckland, and has been a journalist since 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wood said she had been \u201cabsolutely shocked\u201d initially, as the park had been her classroom and workplace for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,1060,1558,277707,9219,53055,16132,3012,49531,25336,440,9812,111,43,139,69,156954,8143,46601,1527,8690,61,6859,8489,3382,1530],"class_list":["post-604028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-ban","tag-been","tag-concession","tag-dog","tag-donovan","tag-formal","tag-hopes","tag-hosted","tag-lessons","tag-local","tag-needs","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-outcry","tag-park","tag-puke","tag-return","tag-te","tag-to","tag-told","tag-trainer","tag-using","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}