His farm-registered SUV and makeshift lean-to with rudimentary kitchen shelves has occupied a prime corner of Auckland's waterfront for more than a year. <\/p>\n
A so-called freedom camper and fisherman called John is bamboozling officials under pressure to move him on. <\/p>\n
His possie is on Wynyard Pt, at the northern end of a precinct in the throes of a multibillion-dollar redevelopment, and just across the water from property developer Dave Henderson's $10 million penthouse on Princes Wharf. <\/p>\n
John, who will not give his full name, says it is part of a \"fisherman's park\" allowing him a right to peaceful occupation. <\/p>\n
He says he is not hurting anybody by being there, in the company of more occasional freedom campers and anglers, in the sun and breeze a world away from the melee of Queen St. <\/p>\n
But another fisherman pressing Auckland Transport to take action accuses him of arrogance in monopolising the site, and obscuring a road safety sign warning motorists of a sharp right-hand bend. <\/p>\n
\"Not only is he parked in front of this sign, which is erected on to a tin fence, but he has built a shelter with kitchen shelves between his vehicle and the fence,\" said the complainant, who did not want to be identified. <\/p>\n
The man said the council's transport body had painted broken yellow lines along the full eastern side of Bingham St except for the final two or three metres - under John's vehicle. <\/p>\n
\"He refused to move for them to paint there.\" <\/p>\n
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