Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 4, 2020 2:16:09 GMT 12
HOUSING LIKELY ELEMENT IN IHUMATAO FIX
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says housing could still be in the mix in a solution to the stand-off at Ihumātao.
Mr Goff says Auckland Council has been involved in conversations with central government, the Kīngitanga and mana whenua, and options have now gone to cabinet.
"Government is getting close to having an agreement that will take us forward and I think all of us want to see a solution found that takes us beyond confrontation and into saying what's the best future outcome for this area in terms of respect for the land, which is one of the longest-settled areas in Tāmaki Makaurau, in respect to need for Māori housing which is pressing, to maintain the identity of Ihumātao as a special place rather than being swallowed up in a larger development, and the historic values particularly round Ōtuataua, the stonefields area, so all those things are in the mix," Mr Goff says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjM3Mzk=/Housing-likely-element-in-Ihumatao-fix
MĀORI PARTY WELCOMES NEW LIFE FOR IHUMĀTAO
As new life arrives at Ihumātao with the birth of Pania Newton’s baby over the weekend and on the back of another dynamic candidate announcement for a resurgent Māori Party in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, Māori Party president Che Wilson makes the party’s stance on Ihumātao emphatically clear. “In breach of the undertaking by the crown in the Treaty of Waitangi, this land was stolen. The nice term for this is confiscated.”.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2003/S00033/maori-party-welcomes-new-life-for-ihumatao.htm
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says housing could still be in the mix in a solution to the stand-off at Ihumātao.
Mr Goff says Auckland Council has been involved in conversations with central government, the Kīngitanga and mana whenua, and options have now gone to cabinet.
"Government is getting close to having an agreement that will take us forward and I think all of us want to see a solution found that takes us beyond confrontation and into saying what's the best future outcome for this area in terms of respect for the land, which is one of the longest-settled areas in Tāmaki Makaurau, in respect to need for Māori housing which is pressing, to maintain the identity of Ihumātao as a special place rather than being swallowed up in a larger development, and the historic values particularly round Ōtuataua, the stonefields area, so all those things are in the mix," Mr Goff says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjM3Mzk=/Housing-likely-element-in-Ihumatao-fix
MĀORI PARTY WELCOMES NEW LIFE FOR IHUMĀTAO
As new life arrives at Ihumātao with the birth of Pania Newton’s baby over the weekend and on the back of another dynamic candidate announcement for a resurgent Māori Party in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, Māori Party president Che Wilson makes the party’s stance on Ihumātao emphatically clear. “In breach of the undertaking by the crown in the Treaty of Waitangi, this land was stolen. The nice term for this is confiscated.”.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2003/S00033/maori-party-welcomes-new-life-for-ihumatao.htm