Judith Collins on Ihumātao dispute: 'Kiwis are sick of this nonsense'

It has been over a year since occupiers of disputed land at Ihumātao were served with eviction notices prompting thousands of people to flock there to support the occupation and halting Fletcher Building's construction plans. Mana whenua and others have remained on site for three years to stop Fletcher Building from constructing 480 houses there. National leader Judith Collins told The Weekend Collective the Ihumātao land dispute is a commercial and inter-family issue, and has nothing to do with the government who should've stayed out of it. "It's important to know, even though it's a commercial discussion and contract between Fletchers and the people they brought the land from, there is no point at all for the government being involved, they have only delayed matters. "I actually think Jacinda Ardern's job is to come forward and tell us after years of negotiations and getting involved, where is this deal?" Collins says the situation has gone on long enough, and needs to be resolved quickly. "This is getting crazy. People who are sitting there doing nothing, how are they getting paid? How are they living? "New Zealanders are getting sick of this type of nonsense. This is land which can be used for housing, which is why it was sold to Fletchers in the first place. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.