Another possibility is that it could be from a Roman land site, which is now under water because of coastal erosion.

Crown-Māori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis says it is up to Māori ministers to front for the government at the disputed land site.

She is concerned shovel ready projects may involve Ihumātao or other significant Māori land sites.

What has fluctuated is the value of the land sites on which those houses were built.

Anadarko is working on identifying coastal land sites for such a facility and a preliminary gas development plan.

Mr Rothwell will head up Land and portfolio management, acquiring new land sites and managing Glenveagh's multi-year land bank.

Chinese conglomerate HNA Group HNAIRC.UL shone a spotlight on the Kai Tak district by paying heavily for four residential land sites there.

The company will use the net proceeds from the proposed issuance to purchase new land sites, for refinancing and general working capital purposes.

The dominance of the leading developers is partly the result of a high capital threshold to bid for the most lucrative land sites.

The group has 20 retirement villages throughout New Zealand, plus three additional land sites, and has 3000 customers.

At the New Economics Foundation we have developed a map that plots public land sites up for sale and those that have already been sold.