Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 21, 2016 7:01:06 GMT 12
TRICKS OF THE TREATY TROUGHERS.
A former Maori Party candidate, Gisborne district councillor and Tairawhiti Health Board member was struck off as a lawyer after falsifying 20 signatures while processing Treaty of Waitangi claims. Gisborne lawyer Atareta Poananga admitted four charges before the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal - two of forgery and false declaration, and two of misconduct relating to the period 2A former Maori Party candidate, Gisborne district councillor and Tairawhiti Health Board member has been struck off as a lawyer after falsifying 20 signatures while processing Treaty of Waitangi claims. She also submitted 17 legal aid forms in 2008, placing the signatures of other people on each form. Each application contained a statutory declaration and she signed them knowing they were false. Poananga spoke about working to promote Maori nationalism: "We say colonialism everywhere must be repudiated and destroyed. We as Maori must reclaim our heritage as the tangata whenua!.
A former Maori Party candidate, Gisborne district councillor and Tairawhiti Health Board member was struck off as a lawyer after falsifying 20 signatures while processing Treaty of Waitangi claims. Gisborne lawyer Atareta Poananga admitted four charges before the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal - two of forgery and false declaration, and two of misconduct relating to the period 2A former Maori Party candidate, Gisborne district councillor and Tairawhiti Health Board member has been struck off as a lawyer after falsifying 20 signatures while processing Treaty of Waitangi claims. She also submitted 17 legal aid forms in 2008, placing the signatures of other people on each form. Each application contained a statutory declaration and she signed them knowing they were false. Poananga spoke about working to promote Maori nationalism: "We say colonialism everywhere must be repudiated and destroyed. We as Maori must reclaim our heritage as the tangata whenua!.