SOUL – Evening Report https://eveningreport.nz Independent Analysis and Reportage Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:15:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Lowering of Kīngitanga flag at Ihumātao ‘appropriate’, says SOUL https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/lowering-of-kingitanga-flag-at-ihumatao-appropriate-says-soul/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:15:54 +0000 https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/23/lowering-of-kingitanga-flag-at-ihumatao-appropriate-says-soul/

By RNZ News

Protesters at Ihumātao remain hopeful a resolution to the lengthy dispute will be announced before Waitangi Day.

Kiingi Tūheitia arrived at Ihumātao yesterday for a ceremony lowering and returning his flag, which was raised last August as a symbol of peace and unity, and which he said at the time would only come down once there was a resolution.

A spokesperson for the King says a deal has not been finalised, but the King is confident it is close.

READ MORE: The Ihumātao story

Construction of 480 homes has been on hold since July after hundreds of protesters occupied the land to stop the development.

Pania Newton is a co-founder of the Save Our Unique Landscape group which has been living on the whenua at Ihumātao.

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