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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 29, 2019 17:13:51 GMT 12
ARDERN IS PROMOTING ILLEGAL BEHAVIOUR AT IHUMĀTAO, SAYS ACTACT leader David Seymour thinks Ardern has made a dangerous call. "By stopping development at Ihumātao, the Prime Minister has said if you break the law and illegally occupy other people's private property, the Government won't punish you - it'll actually help you." Thousands more protestors packed into the site on Satuday, many having camped overnight. Fletcher, which actually struck a deal with the iwi to build the homes, has sent the protesters eviction notices. Seymour says Ardern's interference is legitimising unlawful behaviour. "If the Prime Minister is going to have any intervention, it should be upholding property rights and the rule of law - not emboldening people who break the law and occupy other people's property.".... www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/07/ardern-is-promoting-illegal-behaviour-at-ihum-tao-says-act.html
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 29, 2019 17:14:41 GMT 12
IHUMATAO: SENIOR IWI MEMBER DAVID RANKIN TO COMPLAIN OVER PM JACINDA ARDERN’S ‘INTERFERENCE’Meanwhile, a complaint with police will be laid over the Prime Minister's "interference" in the Ihumātao dispute. David Rankin, who describes himself as a senior member of Te Kawerau a Maki, said he would lodge a complaint with police that the Prime Minister used her position to interfere in a legal transaction and as a consequence would deprive the iwi of dozens of homes which Fletchers had contracted to provide to the mana whenua..... www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/395469/ihumatao-protest-we-are-still-here
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 29, 2019 17:15:10 GMT 12
IHUMĀTAO PROTEST: 'WE ARE STILL HERE'The group leading the Ihumātao protest say they want written confirmation from the Prime Minister that construction will not be allowed on the land, and called for the government to remove the police presence. SOUL spokesperson Pania Newton, told a media stand up they were also asking for the police and contractors to leave the land. "We are asking them to leave the land so that we are able to re-enter the whenua and exercise our kaitiakitanga and guardianship over the land.".... www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/395469/ihumatao-protest-we-are-still-here
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 29, 2019 17:15:41 GMT 12
MUSLIMS AT IHUMĀTAO: 'THEY CAN ALWAYS RELY ON US'Muslim leaders have come to pray with the people of Ihumātao, sharing the pain of having their sacred spaces attacked. Mariam Arif took her two tamariki (children) Faruq and Faris to Ihumātao. She joined family who travelled from Hamilton. "Most of us as minority groups relate quite a bit to the [constant] struggle here [whether it is] the whenua [land] or the reo [language] or the ahurea [culture]." "We're just here to show tangata whenua [indigenous people] that we are here and if they need anything, they can always rely on us to be by their side.".... www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/395410/muslims-at-ihumatao-they-can-always-rely-on-us
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 29, 2019 17:16:12 GMT 12
IHUMAATAO: MAORI PARTY CALLS FOR TIKANGA COMMISSIONER AND OFFICEMaori Party calls for an independent Tikanga Commissioner and Office. This independent tool would be funded by the Crown to be the watch-dog of Crown engagement and help hapu and iwi to navigate issues that have been established as a result of Crown intervention. The racist agenda of Treasury means that Maori are always given the crumbs where as South Canterbury Finance, leaky homes and too many other examples are treated differently creating poverty, disadvantage and all the worst statistics of our nation. The Office would be able to critique the processes of government, like an ombudsman and facilitate tikanga processes to help restore balance between hapu and iwi..... www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/344032
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