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Press Release – ACT New Zealand The Government cant escape the fact that the agreement it signed on the future of land at Ihumtao only says houses may be built there and since the agreement was announced there hasnt been any commitment that a single house will actually …
“The Government can’t escape the fact that the agreement it signed on the future of land at Ihumātao only says houses ‘may’ be built there and since the agreement was announced there hasn’t been any commitment that a single house will actually be built there,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
Ihumātao campaigners say they re relieved and looking forward to a rest after the Government bought the contested land in South Auckland.
Ihumātao – the site of Aotearoa’s oldest settlement, which was taken from Māori by the Crown in the 1800s – is now back in the hands of the Government, two months after a deal was struck with Fletcher Building. The purchase of the 33 hectares of freehold land at 545-561 Oruarangi Rd in Māngere, South Auckland, was finalised on February 17, a spokesperson from Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development confirmed. The Government had agreed to the purchase in a historic deal on December 17 that brought an end to an almost five-year battle by land protectors to stop a housing development by Fletcher Building.
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