Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 23, 2019 3:37:27 GMT 12
MĀORI AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RUA KĒNANA PARDON BILL
The Māori Affairs Committee has reported on the Te Pire kia Unuhia te Hara kai Runga i a Rua Kēnana / Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill and recommends that it be passed without amendment.
The Committee considered 60 submissions and heard oral evidence from six submitters. The submitters were overwhelmingly in support of the bill.
The Waitangi Tribunal concluded in its 2012 Te Urewera inquiry that the police used excessive force against the Maungapōhatu community. Te Tiriti o Waitangi was breached because the Crown did not act in a reasonable manner towards the community in its actions to arrest Rua. The arrest was also unlawful because it took place on a Sunday, a day when arrest warrants were not allowed to be issued.....
www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/news/mori-affairs-committee-recommends-te-pire-kia-unuhia-te-hara-kai-runga-i-a-rua-knana-rua-knana-pardon-bill
The Māori Affairs Committee has reported on the Te Pire kia Unuhia te Hara kai Runga i a Rua Kēnana / Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill and recommends that it be passed without amendment.
The Committee considered 60 submissions and heard oral evidence from six submitters. The submitters were overwhelmingly in support of the bill.
The Waitangi Tribunal concluded in its 2012 Te Urewera inquiry that the police used excessive force against the Maungapōhatu community. Te Tiriti o Waitangi was breached because the Crown did not act in a reasonable manner towards the community in its actions to arrest Rua. The arrest was also unlawful because it took place on a Sunday, a day when arrest warrants were not allowed to be issued.....
www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/news/mori-affairs-committee-recommends-te-pire-kia-unuhia-te-hara-kai-runga-i-a-rua-knana-rua-knana-pardon-bill