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Old 20 May 2015, 10:08 (Ref:3539581)   #1
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any truth to the rumor the board resigned due to a loan payment that could not be met.
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Old 20 May 2015, 10:19 (Ref:3539586)   #2
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Things don't look rosey. Maybe Tony Quin will end up only not owning Ruapuna, Teretonga, and Levels.
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Old 20 May 2015, 10:51 (Ref:3539595)   #3
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Old 20 May 2015, 18:05 (Ref:3539727)   #4
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Not anymore
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Old 20 May 2015, 19:39 (Ref:3539754)   #5
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All five members of the Manfeild Park Trust Board have quit amid concerns over the park's financial stability.
Manawatu District Mayor Margaret Kouvelis confirmed a letter from the Manfeild Park Trust Board announcing its members planned to resign had been received by the council.
The Manawatu Standard understands that a failure to renegotiate the terms of two loans totalling about $6 million from the Palmerston North City Council and Manawatu District Council prompted the resignations.
Kouvelis said there would be a process to confirm the resignation and appoint a new board. Until that process was completed the council should not speculate or comment about what may have motivated the board to resign, she said.
According to an independent auditor's report by AuditLink on the Manfeild Park Trust for the year ended June 30, 2014 loans from the two councils of $2,993,169 and $2,952,703 respectively would require principal and interest repayments from April 1, 2015.
However it was unlikely the trust would be able to meet those repayments out of the funds generated by existing operations, the report said. The trust had been unable to renegotiate the terms of the loans at the time of the report last October.
The report also said the trust was forecasting an operational cash flow deficit for the 2015 financial year, which may require additional funding to meet the financial requirements of day-to-day operations.
These elements created uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the trust's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore the trust may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business, the report said.
The Manfeild Park Trust was formed in October 2004 after the three main stakeholders in Manfeild – Manawatu District Council, Feilding Industrial Agricultural and Pastoral Association and the Manawatu Car Club – agreed to merge their property and interests.
The trust manages the 80 hectare park in Feilding which includes Manfeild racing circuit and Manfeild Stadium. Manfeild Park hosts hundreds of events each year including the Central Districts Field Days, and has been selected to host the NZ Grand Prix through to 2017.
Rangitikei MP Ian McKelvie, who was mayor of Manawatu District Council at the time the trust was formed, said while he was not sure of the exact reasons for the resignations it had become apparent the financial objectives set out for the trust had not been met. That could be for a range of reasons including the economic environment, he said.
He could understand the frustration of the two councils that their aspirations for the park had not been able to pass the post.
It was essential the park was made to work, he said. It was an incredible, world-class asset for the region.
It was hard for the Manawatu District to bear the burden of it alone, McKelvie said. In the early stages there had been attempts for it to be set up as a regional facility as the events it hosted were regional.
McKelvie said it was a valuable asset and the councils needed to find a way to make it work.
Palmerston North City Mayor Grant Smith said he was aware of the resignation of the trustees.
He said he was unable to comment further until he was better informed about the situation, but said that with the amount of Palmerston North City Council money involved, it was in a relatively serious position.
Manfeild Park Trust chairman Ben Vanderkolk would not comment and said inquiries on the matter should be directed to the district council.

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I'm sure not even Tony Quinn want to keep buying circuit after circuit.
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Old 20 May 2015, 20:42 (Ref:3539770)   #6
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It's a worry isn't it? There seems to be a pattern, particularly with the North Island circuits.

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Old 21 May 2015, 06:28 (Ref:3539833)   #7
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[QUOTE……The Manawatu Standard understands that a failure to renegotiate the terms of two loans totalling about $6 million from the Palmerston North City Council and Manawatu District Council prompted the resignations.[/I]
……. According to an independent auditor's report by AuditLink on the Manfeild Park Trust for the year ended June 30, 2014 loans from the two councils of $2,993,169 and $2,952,703 respectively…….[/QUOTE]

The General Manager Business of Manawatu District Council is Shayne Harris - who is also the President of MotorSport New Zealand. This is pretty well known so I'm sure there is no undisclosed conflict of interest.
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Old 21 May 2015, 19:34 (Ref:3539993)   #8
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[QUOTE……The Manawatu Standard understands that a failure to renegotiate the terms of two loans totalling about $6 million from the Palmerston North City Council and Manawatu District Council prompted the resignations.[/I]
……. According to an independent auditor's report by AuditLink on the Manfeild Park Trust for the year ended June 30, 2014 loans from the two councils of $2,993,169 and $2,952,703 respectively…….
The General Manager Business of Manawatu District Council is Shayne Harris - who is also the President of MotorSport New Zealand. This is pretty well known so I'm sure there is no undisclosed conflict of interest.[/QUOTE]

A couple of questions that could assist our thoughts that you maybe able to help us with Roger, (1) When were the loans first negotiated and (2) When was Shayne Harris appointed to that role?
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Old 22 May 2015, 00:45 (Ref:3540062)   #9
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The General Manager Business of Manawatu District Council is Shayne Harris - who is also the President of MotorSport New Zealand. This is pretty well known so I'm sure there is no undisclosed conflict of interest.
A couple of questions that could assist our thoughts that you maybe able to help us with Roger, (1) When were the loans first negotiated and (2) When was Shayne Harris appointed to that role?[/QUOTE]

I haven't researched the answers to those questions but I'm not inferring anything sinister. It is just an interesting situation where it seems to have evolved to the same person (with different hats) having positions on both sides of the fence. Obviously for a Council the size of MDC $3m of potential bad debt is very significant - on the other hand as President of MSNZ he has a constitutional responsibility to encourage participation in motor sport and the demise of a circuit would be a set back.
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Old 22 May 2015, 04:10 (Ref:3540086)   #10
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When do the negotiations with Ryman, Summerset etc start for the development of a retirement village on the site?
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Old 12 Jun 2015, 20:35 (Ref:3548166)   #12
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When do the negotiations with Ryman, Summerset etc start for the development of a retirement village on the site?
Not such a silly comment. Look at what is at the old Baypark site and the Levin track.
We can't afford to loose the current North Island tracks as they all service grass roots as well as national motorsport events. If the media reports are true, then it will take quite a bit of money from councils in the Manawatu and Taupo to keep the tracks operating.
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