Protest leader Pania Newton speaks during a rally at Ihumatao, Auckland, in this undated handout photo released August 11, 2019. Tuputau Lelaulu/Handout via REUTERS
AUCKLAND/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Five years ago, law graduate Pania Newton and her cousins got together around a kitchen table and agreed to do everything in their power to prevent a housing development on a south Auckland site considered sacred by local Māori.
Newton, now 29, is today leading thousands of protesters occupying the land at Ihumātao, one of a number of grassroots movements spearheaded by young, educated and tech-savvy Māori women.
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