Pita Turei's guest appearances

Pita Turei

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Elon Musk

Barack Obama

Kamala Harris

Donald Trump

Bill Clinton

Nancy Pelosi

Kevin Ward

John McAfee

Carmel Harrington

David Smith

Greta Thunberg

Willie Jackson

Phil Jones

Chris Adams

Bernie Sanders

OwlTail

There must be peace at Ihumātao before it has a future.That's the message from mana whenua advocate Pita Turei - defending the lack of housing development on the land.It's eight months since the Government bought Ihumātao from Fletcher Building, in a nearly $30 million deal.The funding was granted under agreement some land will be developed in collaboration with iwi, but there has been no progress so far on that front. But Turei told Heather du Plessis-Allan the fight to protect the land has taken a big toll on whanau."There are those descendants of those people of those lands who need to work out how to come together to progress."LISTEN ABOVE

There must be peace at Ihumātao before it has a future. That's the message from mana whenua advocate Pita Turei - defending the lack of housing development on the land. It's eight months since the Government bought Ihumātao from Fletcher Building, in a nearly $30 million deal. The funding was granted under agreement some land will be developed in collaboration with iwi, but there has been no progress so far on that front.  But Turei told Heather du Plessis-Allan the fight to protect the land has taken a big toll on whanau. "There are those descendants of those people of those lands who need to work out how to come together to progress." LISTEN ABOVE

Pita Turei: Mana whenua advocate defends lack of progress on Ihumātao development