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JACINDA ARDERN WON'T RULE OUT GOVERNMENT PURCHASING IHUMĀTAO AFTER MANA WHENUA BREAKTHROUGH
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to rule out the Government purchasing Ihumātao as mana whenua urges it to enter into negotiations with Fletchers.
Since early August, the Kiingitanga has been acting as an intermediary between mana whenua with different views on what should be done with the disputed Māngere land, believed to be one of the country's earliest settlements.
Speaking from Japan, Ardern said she was "incredibly grateful" for the work Kiingitanga had facilitated but wouldn't say what action the Government would take.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/09/jacinda-ardern-won-t-rule-out-government-purchasing-ihum-tao-after-mana-whenua-breakthrough.html
WINSTON PETERS QUESTIONS MANA WHENUA'S 'COLLECTIVE DECISION' ON IHUMĀTAO
After weeks of discussions, mana whenua have come to a decision - that they want the government to negotiate with Fletcher Building to return the land at Ihumātao.
Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters told Morning Report all political parties in Parliament and iwi had accepted the Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
"That has consequences," he said.
As someone who had been involved in Māori land law way back in the '70s, he said it was fundamental to listen to those who had "kept the land warm down through the centuries and even today".
"Who has been keeping the land warm? Those are the people that we're going to listen to."......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/399098/winston-peters-questions-mana-whenua-s-collective-decision-on-ihumatao
FLETCHER SEEKS URGENT TALKS ON IHUMATAO STALEMATE
Fletcher Building is "disappointed" no resolution emerged from talks brokered by the Kingitanga on the future of the company's delayed housing development at Ihumatao.
The process has effectively delivered a setback for the 480-home development by uniting previously opposing groups claiming mana whenua, or ancestral connection, to the Fletchers-owned land at the centre of the dispute. Auckland Council, which approved the development, values the land at $36 million.
"Six weeks ago the Prime Minister requested that Fletcher Building put a hold on our housing development to allow time for discussions between government and iwi to take place," the company says in short written statement that it says will be its only comment on the issue. "We have not been a party to those discussions and we are disappointed to see they have not produced a resolution......
www.sharechat.co.nz/article/3356fd0b/fletcher-seeks-urgent-talks-on-ihumatao-stalemate.html
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to rule out the Government purchasing Ihumātao as mana whenua urges it to enter into negotiations with Fletchers.
Since early August, the Kiingitanga has been acting as an intermediary between mana whenua with different views on what should be done with the disputed Māngere land, believed to be one of the country's earliest settlements.
Speaking from Japan, Ardern said she was "incredibly grateful" for the work Kiingitanga had facilitated but wouldn't say what action the Government would take.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/09/jacinda-ardern-won-t-rule-out-government-purchasing-ihum-tao-after-mana-whenua-breakthrough.html
WINSTON PETERS QUESTIONS MANA WHENUA'S 'COLLECTIVE DECISION' ON IHUMĀTAO
After weeks of discussions, mana whenua have come to a decision - that they want the government to negotiate with Fletcher Building to return the land at Ihumātao.
Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters told Morning Report all political parties in Parliament and iwi had accepted the Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
"That has consequences," he said.
As someone who had been involved in Māori land law way back in the '70s, he said it was fundamental to listen to those who had "kept the land warm down through the centuries and even today".
"Who has been keeping the land warm? Those are the people that we're going to listen to."......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/399098/winston-peters-questions-mana-whenua-s-collective-decision-on-ihumatao
FLETCHER SEEKS URGENT TALKS ON IHUMATAO STALEMATE
Fletcher Building is "disappointed" no resolution emerged from talks brokered by the Kingitanga on the future of the company's delayed housing development at Ihumatao.
The process has effectively delivered a setback for the 480-home development by uniting previously opposing groups claiming mana whenua, or ancestral connection, to the Fletchers-owned land at the centre of the dispute. Auckland Council, which approved the development, values the land at $36 million.
"Six weeks ago the Prime Minister requested that Fletcher Building put a hold on our housing development to allow time for discussions between government and iwi to take place," the company says in short written statement that it says will be its only comment on the issue. "We have not been a party to those discussions and we are disappointed to see they have not produced a resolution......
www.sharechat.co.nz/article/3356fd0b/fletcher-seeks-urgent-talks-on-ihumatao-stalemate.html