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Land Confiscation
In 1863 on 12th July, the crown had illegally confiscated land from Maoris as a punishment for community allegiance and were banished to the Waikato -
Ihumatao Land
In the early 1890s the Maori decided to return but they discovered that it was taken over by Pakeha and then started indigenous suffering -
Quarrying
In 1915 the volcanic cones in Auckland regions were started getting quarried for industrial devlopment and farming etc, a law was passed out in 1915 to protect the cones due to concern that landscapes were being eroded cause of quarrying. In the 1950s a cone on a side of the stone field got quarries until there’s was nothing left, it was the first site of Pa -
Airport Extension
In 2008 the airport runway got extended and the burial sites desecrated -
Urban Space
In 2012 enviro court marked all rural land of Auckland’s Airport to be designated as a furture urban space -
Spillage of dye.
1000 litres of methyl dyeturning creek purple killing aquatic life -
Housing Area
In 2014 Auckland council designated land at Ihumatao as a Special Housing Area -
SOUL
In Jan 2015 the SOUL organisation was established to save our landscape at Ihumatao -
Fletchers
In 2016 the land was sold to fletchers after a major Auckland’s council decision -
Indigenous issues
SOUL authority addresses the UN Permanent forum of issues in New York and Genova
