Ihumātao campaigners say they're relieved and looking forward to a rest after the Government bought the contested land in South Auckland. EDITORIAL: Let’s get the hyperbole out of the way first. The Government reaching a deal over the disputed land at Ihumātao, south of Auckland, is not “the equivalent of the US President siding with Antifa over the businesses they vandalise,” as Act leader David Seymour put it on Thursday. Some might detect an unpleasant dog-whistle in Seymour’s comments, which evoke the racially polarised battlegrounds of the US in 2020. He unfairly equates the peaceful occupation of Ihumātao with the destructive street violence seen in US cities.