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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 31, 2016 6:05:59 GMT 12
Sunday Star Times 31/1/16
WAITANGI DAY So John Key will not go to Waitangi if Ngapuhi don’t want him. If Ngapuhi do want him then I would like to see them treat him with respect by not imposing Titewhai Harawira on him.
Year after year our prime minister has to be escorted by Harawira. It is both an insult to the prime minister and demeaning to the Office.
Harawira, 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.
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’’. 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 prime minister should not have to be arm-in-arm with anyone who could treat another human being this way. R P Tauranga
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