Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 21, 2016 6:37:38 GMT 12
The New Zealand Herald 21/9/16
STATUS COUNTS, NOT RACE
In December 2014, the son of a prominent New Zealander was initially discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to four charges.
The arguments presented by his lawyer sound remarkably similar to those put forward by Nikolas Delegat last week. The effect of a conviction was disproportionate to the offending and might adversely affect his future career.
This offender was not a privileged white person. He was the son of the Maori king.
Surely this proves that whatever weaknesses there are in our legal system cannot entirely be attributed to racism. Perhaps it is more a matter of social status, who had the skills to deal with the system and who can afford the best lawyer.
J D
Whangamata.
The New Zealand Herald 21/9/16 (Short & Sweet section)
ON KERMEDECS
Could someone from Te Ohu Kaimoana or the Maori Party share with us the name of the iwi that inhabited the Kermadec Islands. Ngati Kawana-Moni?
C. C. M
Rotorua.
The Press 21/9/16 (In a few words section)
MARINE SANCTUARY DEBATE
How many Maori Party members have even been to the Kermadecs and why is a marine reserve so far away such a bad idea?
G M
Kainga
Dominion Post 21/9/16 (To the Point section)
* The arrogance of Geoffrey Palmer is astonishing. Does he think that striking a Rodin pose will give him some credibility as a "thinker'? His Treaty "principles" have been one of the biggest disasters, ever. There are no, never were, any Treaty principles, except those invented by the Waitangi Tribunal.
A H
Otaki
* Sir Geoffrey Palmer's suggestion for the country to become a republic is a bit much coming from a politician who couldn't wait to accept a knighthood, as past local and national ones have. A few years ago. Dame Cath Tizard said for the country to dump the monarchy. then accepted the governor-general position. What a bunch of hypocrites.
L R.
Paparangi
STATUS COUNTS, NOT RACE
In December 2014, the son of a prominent New Zealander was initially discharged without conviction after pleading guilty to four charges.
The arguments presented by his lawyer sound remarkably similar to those put forward by Nikolas Delegat last week. The effect of a conviction was disproportionate to the offending and might adversely affect his future career.
This offender was not a privileged white person. He was the son of the Maori king.
Surely this proves that whatever weaknesses there are in our legal system cannot entirely be attributed to racism. Perhaps it is more a matter of social status, who had the skills to deal with the system and who can afford the best lawyer.
J D
Whangamata.
The New Zealand Herald 21/9/16 (Short & Sweet section)
ON KERMEDECS
Could someone from Te Ohu Kaimoana or the Maori Party share with us the name of the iwi that inhabited the Kermadec Islands. Ngati Kawana-Moni?
C. C. M
Rotorua.
The Press 21/9/16 (In a few words section)
MARINE SANCTUARY DEBATE
How many Maori Party members have even been to the Kermadecs and why is a marine reserve so far away such a bad idea?
G M
Kainga
Dominion Post 21/9/16 (To the Point section)
* The arrogance of Geoffrey Palmer is astonishing. Does he think that striking a Rodin pose will give him some credibility as a "thinker'? His Treaty "principles" have been one of the biggest disasters, ever. There are no, never were, any Treaty principles, except those invented by the Waitangi Tribunal.
A H
Otaki
* Sir Geoffrey Palmer's suggestion for the country to become a republic is a bit much coming from a politician who couldn't wait to accept a knighthood, as past local and national ones have. A few years ago. Dame Cath Tizard said for the country to dump the monarchy. then accepted the governor-general position. What a bunch of hypocrites.
L R.
Paparangi