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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 19, 2016 6:43:34 GMT 12
Dear Editor (Sent to the NZHerald 9/1/16) Waitangi Day is a circus . Year after year our PM has to be escorted by Titiwhai Harawira.
Titewhai Hariwira with her daughter Hinewhare and other members of her family were convicted and jailed for assaulting Charles Matthews, a committed mental health patient, at Carrington Hospital in 1988 . Witnesses told of a beating that included punching, kicking, and twisting of his genitals. Hinewhare hit him so hard, it was said in evidence, she dislocated her shoulder.
Evidence from Dr McGeorge read: the patient had massive injuries to both eyes and to his jaw to the extent that his eyes were virtually closed, his jaw was misshapen and swollen and I felt that he had suffered considerable injuries including a possible skull fracture.
The judge described the assault as “a vicious and violent attack upon this helpless and pathetic man … this merciless beating of a patient by those who were entrusted with his care was inexcusable and reprehensible in the extreme.”
Our PM should not have to be arm-in-arm with anyone who could treat another human being this way. It is both an insult to the PM and demeaning to the Office. If Ngapuhi won't sideline the Harewiras then the PM bodyguard should. R P Tauranga
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Post by Rocco on Jan 19, 2016 18:29:19 GMT 12
"Waitangi Day is a circus" - it is that alright and run by the clowns unfortunately
Thanks R P, Interesting information on the Harawira family
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Post by Ian Brougham on Jan 26, 2016 16:59:10 GMT 12
iT's about time Waitangi Day as a holiday is scraped, both sides have no longer honoured the treaty, we are no longer one nation, one people. When Britain obtained sovereignty over all the lands politicians want us separated. Our government will allow the Maori flag to fly on the Auckland Harbour bridge and the Wanganui District Council will probably also fly the sovereignty flag on the Council building both breaking the intent of the treaty. And now we have Waitangi Day been mondayised which makes a farce of the whole thing.
After each chief signed the Tiriti o Waitangi on the 6th February 1840, Lt Governor Hobson shook their hand and repeated ,"He iwi tahi tatou- We are now one people", to which the whole gathering gave three hearty cheers, The Tiriti o Waitangi gave Great Britain sovereignty over all the Islands of New Zealand and tangata Maori, "the same rights as the people of England:, no more, no less.
We do have an independence day which we should be celebrating on 3rd May it's the day New Zealand became an independent British Colony when we came under one flag, irrespective of race, colour or creed.
Ian Brougham Wanganui
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