Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 1, 2017 16:34:19 GMT 12
AIRPORT OCCUPIERS LOSE APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION
The High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction of six Ngati Kahu members who occupied Kaitaia Airport in protest against a $100 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
Eva Crockenberg, Anthony Housham, Barney Popata, Robin Popata, Reti Boynton, and Selwyn Clarke were convicted of trespass after a judge-alone trial in the Kaitaia District Court in 2015.
They were ordered to come up for sentencing if called upon within six months.
The six were arrested on September 9, 2015, after a 28-hour occupation and then Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson labelled them miscreants and oafish......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11949792
The High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction of six Ngati Kahu members who occupied Kaitaia Airport in protest against a $100 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
Eva Crockenberg, Anthony Housham, Barney Popata, Robin Popata, Reti Boynton, and Selwyn Clarke were convicted of trespass after a judge-alone trial in the Kaitaia District Court in 2015.
They were ordered to come up for sentencing if called upon within six months.
The six were arrested on September 9, 2015, after a 28-hour occupation and then Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson labelled them miscreants and oafish......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11949792