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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 6, 2019 18:21:07 GMT 12
CROWN SIDELINED AS KING ENTERS IHUMĀTAO ROW Māori-Crown Relationships Minister Kelvin Davis hopes the intervention of the Kiingitanga can bring some resolution to the stand off at Ihumātao Kiingi Tuheitia visited Ihumātao on Saturday and invited the parties to meet at Hopuhopu later in the week. Kelvin Davis says a lot of discussion led up to that point, and he hopes it will continue in a similar positive vein. He's not sure what role if any the Government will play. "That's up to the participants really. We're told as the crown to stay out of Māori issues. Māori have sought a Māori-focused resolution and I really welcome that. That is the way it should be and the crown comes in if and when we're invited," he says..... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjIzNjY.html
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 6, 2019 18:21:42 GMT 12
TEUILA FUATAI: NASTY CRITICISM SURFACES AT IHUMĀTAOThe evolving media coverage of the protest at Ihumātao tells an interesting story. As those backing the protest group Soul (Save Our Unique Landscape) prepare for a third week of occupation, negotiations involving interested parties continue. King Tūheitia's visit to the disputed site at the weekend was a significant achievement for Soul. Until then, the group's objections to the planned Fletcher housing development had not been publicly acknowledged by the Kingitanga — despite its location on the northern edge of the Waikato-Tainui rohe...... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12255737 (Paywalled)
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 6, 2019 18:22:31 GMT 12
LABOUR MP VENTS ON IHUMĀTAO: 'BACK-ROOM DEALS MUST STOP'The Government has talked to other iwi about the possibility of the Crown buying back disputed land as a way to break the Ihumātao deadlock, Labour MP Peeni Henare says. But the suggestion was rebuffed, with other tribes threatening to re-litigate their Treaty of Waitangi settlements if the buy-back plan went ahead, according to Henare....... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12255915
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 6, 2019 18:23:06 GMT 12
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 6, 2019 18:23:40 GMT 12
IHUMĀTAO PROTESTERS MOVE PAST FRONTLINE: ‘WE’RE IN FOR THE LONG HAUL'Occupiers have moved down Ihumātao Quarry Road about 50m over the weekend, past the previous police-guarded frontline and the police headquarters onsite. A handful of tents have been set up in a previously-blocked field, breaching a line that a dozen or so officers were holding earlier last week. There are now only two officers at that line. Previously the front line had been at the top of the road, about 50 metres away. However, the police said there was never an agreement for people to walk up the maunga..... www.newsie.co.nz/news/158682-ihumtao-protesters-move-past-frontline-lsquowersquore-long-haul.html
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 6, 2019 18:24:16 GMT 12
IHUMĀTAO: AUCKLAND COUNCILLORS CALL FOR REDUCED POLICE PRESENCETwo Auckland city councillors say an increased police presence at Ihumātao has run roughshod over the prime minister's commitment to enter peaceful and honest talks with protesters. Councillor Efeso Collins said he was disappointed and saddened. "The police presence is a complete overkill, it's unjustified," he said. Councillor Cathy Casey said the council unanimously supported a motion to bring all parties together to facilitate a peaceful outcome and the prime minister was also seeking a negotiated settlement. "We call on the government to show good faith in their commitment to resolving the crisis by reducing the police presence," she said..... www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/396083/ihumatao-auckland-councillors-call-for-reduced-police-presence
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