Crown Land

It's an early start for the musterers at Molesworth Station. The bulls are out with the cows for the mating season and everyone needs to beat the heat. Country Life producer spent a day with the… Audio

The Land Information minister, Eugenie Sage has slammed the selling of Crown land to farmers, saying it has resulted in the loss of important landscape and ecology. Audio

New research shows land the crown sold to farmers under tenure review for 11 million dollars has been resold for 3-hundred million dollars. Audio

Iwi planning to go to court over the Government's plans to sell off surplus Crown land for low cost housing are believed to have been offered sweeteners to abandon their action. Audio

The Labour Party is accusing the Housing Minister, Nick Smith, of picking a fight with iwi over the right of first refusal for surplus Crown land in Auckland. Audio

Legal academics are questioning the Government's approach to dealing with iwi over the future of surplus crown land it wants to build houses on. Audio

The Labour Party says the Housing Minister should be stripped of his portfolio because he has made such a hash of the Government's plans to provide affordable homes on surplus crown land in Auckland.

While the government says it doesn't have to offer the land to iwi first - documents have emerged which throw the Crown's position into question Audio

Two Auckland iwi say following the Prime Minister's comments yesterday they have no choice but to pursue what they call an old-fashioned path to the courts. Audio

There's a new development in the battle between the government and iwi over freeing up surplus Crown land for housing. Audio

Prolonged legal action over the Government's plans to sell surplus Crown land in Auckland for housing now seems inevitable. Audio

Opposition parties are labelling the Government's plan to build affordable houses on surplus crown land a botched fiasco. Audio

Two Auckland iwi are looking to challenge what they see as their right to first dibs on Crown land the Government wants to sell to boost housing supply. Audio

Two major Auckland iwi are going to the High Court over government plans to use crown land for affordable homes. Audio

Two major Auckland iwi say they're heading to the High Court over government plans to use crown land for affordable homes. Audio

There's an embarrassing gaff in the Government's plan to build houses on surplus crown land in Auckland. Audio

The Government will this morning unveil the first blocks of crown land to be offered to developers for housing in Auckland. Audio