Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 2, 2019 7:10:14 GMT 12
BOB EDLIN: AMIDST HOWLS OF “RACISM”, PROTESTERS DEMAND AN IRISH AGENCY BOSS’S RESIGNATION
The Hands Off Our Tamariki Network has an admirable ring to its name. Here’s hoping everybody gets the message because if whanau members kept their hands off their tamaraki … well, there would be no need for a state agency to intervene and get its hands on the victims of domestic violence.
The reasons why the Oranga Tamariki agency becomes involved in caring for children has been somewhat downplayed by speakers at protest meetings who demand the state leave their mokopuna alone and insist Māori be the ones caring for their children.
Yet while they call for the state to stay away when Maori children are involved, paradoxically they want the government to do something:
Sheilagh Walker, of Ngā Puhi, came down from Whangārei to be at the protest and said it was time for a change, and the prime minister and politicians needed to step up and do something.
“Our prime minister really needs to realise – no disrespect to her – yes, she supported the Muslim community but hey, right here in Aotearoa [for] tangata whenua … the theft of our tamariki and whakapapa is a priority.”
Theft?
Are these children never removed from their families for their own protection?
The statistics below suggest otherwise.......
Continue reading Bob’s enlightening artcle here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2019/08/bob-edlin-amidst-howls-of-racism.html#more
The Hands Off Our Tamariki Network has an admirable ring to its name. Here’s hoping everybody gets the message because if whanau members kept their hands off their tamaraki … well, there would be no need for a state agency to intervene and get its hands on the victims of domestic violence.
The reasons why the Oranga Tamariki agency becomes involved in caring for children has been somewhat downplayed by speakers at protest meetings who demand the state leave their mokopuna alone and insist Māori be the ones caring for their children.
Yet while they call for the state to stay away when Maori children are involved, paradoxically they want the government to do something:
Sheilagh Walker, of Ngā Puhi, came down from Whangārei to be at the protest and said it was time for a change, and the prime minister and politicians needed to step up and do something.
“Our prime minister really needs to realise – no disrespect to her – yes, she supported the Muslim community but hey, right here in Aotearoa [for] tangata whenua … the theft of our tamariki and whakapapa is a priority.”
Theft?
Are these children never removed from their families for their own protection?
The statistics below suggest otherwise.......
Continue reading Bob’s enlightening artcle here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2019/08/bob-edlin-amidst-howls-of-racism.html#more
