The Government is using taxpayers to pay off protestors, only to get fewer houses built. Bad news for Kiwis hoping for more housing, bad news for our full and final Treaty settlements and sets a very dangerous precedent for property rights. https://t.co/aVXp9qxHAs
— Judith Collins (@JudithCollinsMP) December 16, 2020
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