Garner says taxpayers are buying Ihumatao

Duncan Garner writes:

And today comes the deal, and taxpayers you’ve copped it right between the eyes.

My sources say the Government will transfer $45 million as a grant to Auckland Council… who will then pass that on to Fletchers.

$45 million of taxpayer money spent, and not on buying drugs for Pharmac, or hiring more teachers but on molifying protesters.

Losers: That’s you, New Zealand taxpayers who just stumped up $45 million because a bunch of protestors held the country to ransom.

This should send a chill down the spine of anyone sitting on private land.

Property owners beware,  this Government just picked protestors over private property rights.

And equally,  all those iwi who have settled and couldn’t get their hands on prized private property they may pile back into the beehive demanding renegotiation.

Jacinda Ardern has set the tone for this and blame can be laid squarely at her feet as Prime Minister.

Also it means 400 homes won’t be built so Jacinda Ardern has destroyed more home with this move than Kiwibuild has built over two years.

If confirmed, this means the end of full and final settlements. Every settlement is now up for renegotiation if you are willing to occupy private land.

And no longer does the Government say private land belongs to its legal owners, and can’t be used to settle wrongful actions of the Crown. Now private landowners can be successfully targeted.