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LifePod Appeal concert for Eden Park canned after venue withdraws its application in face of residents' opposition

July 26, 2018

He’s on a fundraising mission to finance the manufacture of the LifePods (Source: Other)

Eden Park has withdrawn it's application for the LifePod Appeal concert planned for Waitangi Day next year.

Inventor and philanthropist Sir Ray Avery had proposed a Live Aid-style concert on February 6, 2019 to raise money for LifePod incubators for premature babies.

But a local lobby group, The Neighbours' Association, earlier this month called for the concert to be held at Mt Smart Stadium, which it said had 93 houses within 1 kilometre from the speakers, while Eden Park had some 4000.

Former prime minister Helen Clark, who lives 400 metres from Eden Park, labelled the plan a "Trojan horse" that would pave the way for more concerts at the venue.

In a statement today Eden Park says it "regrets to announce that due to time constraints and the prospect of substantial Environment Court costs, it has been forced to withdraw its application for the LifePod Appeal concert, planned for Waitangi Day (6 February) 2019."

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