20 Nov 2019

Mana whenua not keen for council to own Ihumātao

From Morning Report, 8:29 am on 20 November 2019

Mana whenua of Ihumātao are disappointed and seriously displeased to hear the Crown might help Auckland Council buy the contested land.

Sources have told RNZ the Crown is considering lending $40 million to the council so it can buy the land from Fletcher Residential.

But mana whenua say that's not what they asked for, and they're gutted if they've been shut out from the talks.

RNZ Maori news correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan reports.