Catherine Mitchell Arts Centre’s Helen Charters said in June that council staff recommending increases to the centre’s annual lease fees from $601 to $6300 would end the near century-old group in less than five years. Photo Paul Mitchell

The Catherine Mitchell Arts Centre is remaining on the terms of its previous lease, $1 rent and $600 maintenance fees a year as the Waiheke Local Board decides to renew the centre’s 10-year lease with a 10 year right of renewal.

• Paul Mitchell

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