Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 30, 2019 17:31:14 GMT 12
POWER CUT TO PROTESTERS IN BITTER FIGHT OVER LAND AT AUCKLAND'S IHUMĀTAO CONTINUES
A group of protesters illegally occupying land in a row over a housing development say the have been forced to live without electricity after their power was cut two weeks ago.
Fletcher Building plans to build 480 houses near the protected Ōtuataua Stonefields reserve at Ihumātao in Māngere, south Auckland.
But for the past three years, around a dozen people have established a "kaitiaki village" at Ihumātao Quarry Rd and have been living there full time in protest of a controversial development, claiming it is a sacred Māori site and should be preserved for future generations......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/112238312/power-cut-to-protesters-in-bitter-fight-over-land-at-aucklands-ihumtao-continues
A group of protesters illegally occupying land in a row over a housing development say the have been forced to live without electricity after their power was cut two weeks ago.
Fletcher Building plans to build 480 houses near the protected Ōtuataua Stonefields reserve at Ihumātao in Māngere, south Auckland.
But for the past three years, around a dozen people have established a "kaitiaki village" at Ihumātao Quarry Rd and have been living there full time in protest of a controversial development, claiming it is a sacred Māori site and should be preserved for future generations......
www.stuff.co.nz/business/112238312/power-cut-to-protesters-in-bitter-fight-over-land-at-aucklands-ihumtao-continues