The Shelly Bay development, proposed by developer Ian Cassels, has spent years tied up in legal and other challenges. If built, at a former Air Force base on the western fringe of the Miramar peninsula, it will include 350 apartments and townhouses, hotels, a rest home and a ferry terminal. Cassels bought most ot the land from Wellington iwi Taranaki Whānui – a subgroup of which opposes the sale and is leading an occupation at the bay – then the council recently in favour of selling and leasing the remainder of the land needed for the development. Ross Giblin/Stuff Timothy Wagner, left, Anaru Mepham , Stafford Tawhai, Hinekaa Mako and Tere Harrison are part of a group which have set up an occupation opposing the Shelly Bay development.