{"id":18574,"date":"2026-06-09T22:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/18574\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T22:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:37:12","slug":"pegasus-golf-course-petition-hits-10000-signatures-as-fight-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/18574\/","title":{"rendered":"Pegasus Golf Course petition hits 10,000 signatures as fight grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">The golf course is believed to have been purchased for around $7 million and industry-led estimates suggest a residential rezoning could increase that value to around $400m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">Among the opposition to the course\u2019s proposed conversion is cricketing great Sir Richard Hadlee, a long-time resident and first official member of the Pegasus Golf Club. Local member of parliament for Waimakariri, Matt Doocey, has also publicly opposed the developer\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">A crowded public meeting held last week at the Pegasus school hall was initially standing room only \u2013 then the overflow saw people having to stand outside.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The crowded public meeting at Pegasus School saw residents having to stand outside due to the large attendance. Photo \/ RNZ\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The crowded public meeting at Pegasus School saw residents having to stand outside due to the large attendance. Photo \/ RNZ<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">Pegasus Residents Group president Matt James says a planned meeting with Wolfbrook on Monday was cancelled and a new date has not yet been agreed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">The group believes the number of signatures on the petition \u2013 which will reach parliament once it is submitted \u2013 is sending a clear message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe scale of support shows that New Zealanders recognise what is at stake, which is whether communities retain a meaningful voice in decisions that fundamentally affect the places where they live,\u201d says the group.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Championship Golf Course at Pegasus has hosted some of the world's best golfers, including New Zealand's former world number one Lydia Ko. Photo \/ Photosport\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Championship Golf Course at Pegasus has hosted some of the world&#8217;s best golfers, including New Zealand&#8217;s former world number one Lydia Ko. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">The group points out that the current \u201cSpecial Purpose\u201d zoning of the area was designed to protect the space for recreation. The fast-track approvals process could allow Wolfbrook to bypass that protection. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe petition does not ask Parliament to decide the outcome of any future proposal. Instead, it asks Parliament to ensure that any proposal affecting the site is subject to the normal planning, assessment and public consultation processes that communities rely on to protect long-established assets,\u201d says the group. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">The petition closes on June 30. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">Wolfbrook has been approached for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/mike-thorpe\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/mike-thorpe\/\">Mike Thorpe<\/a> is a senior multimedia journalist for the Herald, based in Christchurch. He has been a broadcast journalist across television and radio for 20 years and joined the Herald in August 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The golf course is believed to have been purchased for around $7 million and industry-led estimates suggest a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7758,438,456,538,44,570,7760,7757,7763,1486,6193,7762,434,7756,7761,7765,7764,539,7759,1033],"class_list":["post-18574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-7758","tag-as","tag-course","tag-fight","tag-golf","tag-group","tag-grows","tag-hits","tag-launched","tag-major","tag-milestone","tag-parliamentary","tag-pegasus","tag-petition","tag-reached","tag-reaching","tag-residents","tag-save","tag-signatures","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}