Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 26, 2017 16:17:32 GMT 12
MONGREL MOB PRESIDENT REX TIMU LODGES WAITANGI TRIBUNAL CLAIM BLAMING 'RACIST' HEALTH SYSTEM FOR P PLAGUE
A senior gang leader has lodged a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal arguing "racist" government policy is the reason so many Maori are addicted to P.
Rex Timu is the president of the Hastings chapter of the Mongrel Mob and banned P among his members. He claims the numbers of those using the drug has fallen from 80 to 10 per cent.
No government department, agency or programme has achieved the same success, according to the 50-year-old, who said the nationwide strategy to combat the "P epidemic plaguing Maori communities" was failing.
"This claim is about the racism (which is rife in New Zealand) including institutional and interpersonal racism, that actively prevents the Hastings Mob and Maori from receiving the resources and funding that they need to achieve the type of results that Rex Timu has achieved, on a national scale," the Waitangi Tribunal claim says.
Timu said the Crown had a duty to address the methamphetamine epidemic among Maori, including the Mongrel Mob.
The claim asks the Waitangi Tribunal for a number of recommendations, including a finding that the New Zealand health system is "inherently racist" and seeks a review of the policy decision-making process.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11789259
A senior gang leader has lodged a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal arguing "racist" government policy is the reason so many Maori are addicted to P.
Rex Timu is the president of the Hastings chapter of the Mongrel Mob and banned P among his members. He claims the numbers of those using the drug has fallen from 80 to 10 per cent.
No government department, agency or programme has achieved the same success, according to the 50-year-old, who said the nationwide strategy to combat the "P epidemic plaguing Maori communities" was failing.
"This claim is about the racism (which is rife in New Zealand) including institutional and interpersonal racism, that actively prevents the Hastings Mob and Maori from receiving the resources and funding that they need to achieve the type of results that Rex Timu has achieved, on a national scale," the Waitangi Tribunal claim says.
Timu said the Crown had a duty to address the methamphetamine epidemic among Maori, including the Mongrel Mob.
The claim asks the Waitangi Tribunal for a number of recommendations, including a finding that the New Zealand health system is "inherently racist" and seeks a review of the policy decision-making process.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11789259
