The disputed whenua has been occupied by the Save Our Unique Landscape group - or SOUL - since 2015.
Photo: RNZ / Mabel Muller
Located next to the Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve in Māngere - it is a significant archaeological site on land considered wahi tapu, or sacred, by local hapū and iwi.
Māni Dunlop spoke to RNZ's reporter Jean Bell at Ihumātao.
