Far North Council ditches plans for SNAs after backlash

The Far North District Council is ditching its Significant Natural Areas plans, after large public protests. The council had identified forty-two per cent of the district as SNAs - land with high ecological values - meaning extra land-use restrictions. But the Council has changed its plans, after tangata whenua and farmers came out against the proposal, saying it undermined their sovereignty and property rights. Māni Dunlop spoke to Te Poari o Ngāti Wai chief executive, Huhana Lyndon.