Ihumātao halt to development
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It’s turning into an interesting political mess , National and Winston opposed to the occupation , Jacinda as usual kicking the can down the road to give her time to try and figure out the most politically expedient path to take and the greens sticking it to the man and supporting the occupation.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback That's as concise an explanation as I've seen. So the law student lady is presumably happy to throw the settling iwi under the bus? Is this a power play between two iwi or between her and the government and she simply doesn't give a toss if the local iwi are collateral damage?
Cutting to the chase, I can't imagine the Labour government openly backing Fletchers against the agitators, so what is the end game - all treaty settlements in jeopardy of being reopened?
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@canefan said in Ihumātao halt to development:
@mikedogz said in Ihumātao halt to development:
The protest leader is the Niece of one of the local Iwi leaders.
So has she got her own axe to grind or was her uncle against the deal?
Uncle Bully?
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I fully support this and I urge you to as well.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback Like a lot of tribal politics it's not as straightforward as that. There seems to be some division within the hapu. Could easily be an inter-generational thing as well.
Tainui could also be involved if they chose to as they had a big presence in the area.
It is worth noting that non Maori interests were / are against the development of the land for historic cultural / archaeological reasons as well. Not meaning to be flippant but apparently its the oldest kumara garden in NZ.
I can see why St Cindy is steering well clear. It does show up her "I implore Maori to call us out when we let them down and I promise to take action" for the BS soundbite it was. However no government would want to set a precedent . I can see John Key wriggling just as much.
To give the protest lead some credit she's been occupying the land for two years so clearly is committed. Talks well, media savvy. Poor Fletchers.
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@dogmeat said in Ihumātao halt to development:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback Like a lot of tribal politics it's not as straightforward as that. There seems to be some division within the hapu. Could easily be an inter-generational thing as well.
Tainui could also be involved if they chose to as they had a big presence in the area.
It is worth noting that non Maori interests were / are against the development of the land for historic cultural / archaeological reasons as well. Not meaning to be flippant but apparently its the oldest kumara garden in NZ.
I can see why St Cindy is steering well clear. It does show up her "I implore Maori to call us out when we let them down and I promise to take action" for the BS soundbite it was. However no government would want to set a precedent . I can see John Key wriggling just as much.
To give the protest lead some credit she's been occupying the land for two years so clearly is committed. Talks well, media savvy. Poor Fletchers.
She stopped development on the site. Apparently that wasn't enough for the protesters who lead a march to her electorate office.
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Garner talks about foul mouth racists called Harawira , yeah they are a classy bunch.