5 x Articles Ihumatao 12/8/19

[Kiwi Frontline]

'I'M NOT RACIST': HONE HARAWIRA DEFENDS COMMENTS ON POLICE AT IHUMĀTAO AS SIMON BRIDGES LABELS THEM 'DISGUSTING'

Hone Harawira is defending comments he made about police at Ihumātao, which Simon Bridges has labelled "racist" and "disgusting". 

Harawira justified his comments made last week, in which he said "get those white f**kers off that front line", telling Magic Talk he felt there was a need for more of a Māori presence. 

The former Maori Party MP said he reached out to deputy police commissioner Wally Hauhama, asking him to replace the police officers at Ihumātao with Māori liaison officers. 

He said the Māori liaison officers "don't run around in police uniform". He said they "have their own relaxed style of dress" and are identifiable by the badge they wear.

"Some years ago now, Wally Haumaha had frontline police drawn from Waitangi and replaced by Maori liaison officers, and things have been relatively peaceful ever since," Harawira said.....

www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/i-m-not-racist-hone-harawira-defends-comments-on-police-at-ihum-tao-as-simon-bridges-labels-them-disgusting.ht

[Kiwi Frontline]

IF SIMON BRIDGES WAS PRIME MINISTER: 'I WOULD DO THREE THINGS' TO FIX IHUMĀTAO STANDOFF

If Simon Bridges was Prime Minister, he says he would back police at Ihumātao, tell the protesters to go home, and would never have got involved like Jacinda Ardern did. 

He said he would have handled things differently if he was the Prime Minister, telling Magic Talk he feels Ardern has not been consistent enough in her stance on the matter......

www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/if-simon-bridges-was-prime-minister-i-would-do-three-things-to-fix-ihum-tao-standoff.html

[Kiwi Frontline]

FACTBOX: HISTORY OF RECENT PROTESTS BY MĀORI IN NEW ZEALAND

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of indigenous Māori are protesting in New Zealand, demanding land rights and more reforms for the community, in the highest profile grassroot movements in over a decade.

Here are some key Māori protests in New Zealand in recent history.....
www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-politics-maori-factbox/factbox-history-of-recent-protests-by-mori-in-new-zealand-idUSKCN1V104F

[Kiwi Frontline]

IN NEW ZEALAND, YOUNG MĀORI WOMEN LEAD THE BATTLE FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

AUCKLAND/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Five years ago, law graduate Pania Newton and her cousins got together around a kitchen table and agreed to do everything in their power to prevent a housing development on a south Auckland site considered sacred by local Māori.

Newton, now 29, is today leading thousands of protesters occupying the land at Ihumātao, one of a number of grassroots movements spearheaded by young, educated and tech-savvy Māori women.....

www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-politics-maori/in-new-zealand-young-mori-women-lead-the-battle-for-indigenous-rights-idUSKCN1V1049

[Kiwi Frontline]

IHUMĀTAO: NZ BREACHING HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS

In March this year, the leading UN human rights watchdogs on Indigenous peoples’ rights and housing urged New Zealand “that all necessary interim measures be taken to halt the alleged violations and prevent their re-occurrence”. This means the UN has asked the Government to stop the development of Ihumātao. Until it does so, New Zealand is in breach of its international human rights responsibilties.....

www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/12/750155/ihumtao-nz-breaching-human-rights-obligations