The Environment Court rejected a bid to rezone Pūkaki Peninsula, near Auckland International Airport, for development. After a years-long legal battle, an iwi hopes it has helped build a framework for Māori to have some say over land to which they have strong cultural ties. The Environment Court in December rejected a bid by a group of farmers and landowners seeking to expand the Rural Urban Boundary and the Future Urban Zone across more than 83 hectares of land on Pūkaki Peninsula, near Auckland International Airport. The matter had been in front of the courts since the landowners objected to Auckland Council knocking back their proposed rezoning of the peninsula in 2016.