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Podcast: The FreeNZ Podcast
Episode: Mt Messenger Supreme Court Win: Pascoe Family Beats NZTA Land Grab
Description: Liz Gunn speaks with Tony Pascoe, Marie Gibbs, and Russell Gibbs in this powerful interview. Tony Pascoe, a lifelong farmer north of New Plymouth, has spent over a decade fighting the New Zealand Transport Agency's Mount Messenger Bypass project. This proposed 5.3 kilometre road would cut through his family's ancient forest valley and 18 hectare wetland, home to rare native species. The family faced repeated trespass without notice, intimidation, psychological pressure, and tactics designed to break landowners.Marie and Russell Gibbs, siblings with deep farming and iwi roots, joined the fight. They share their own experiences with Public Works...