Ihumātao sacred site bought by New Zealand government for $30m
Purchase ends decades-long land dispute in which protesters resisted private developer’s plans
Land claimed by Māori and once slated for large-scale private housing development has been brought by the crown, bringing an end to a decades-long land dispute.
Ihumātao, the sacred site in south Auckland, was seized by the crown in 1863, and sold to the private developer Fletcher Building in 2016, which planned to build houses on the land.
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