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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 18, 2020 3:29:37 GMT 12
FILM-MAKER'S LEGAL 'FUNDS RUNNING LOW' AHEAD OF DEFAMATION TRIAL WITH SIR BOB JONES OVER 'HATE SPEECH'More money is being raised for a Kiwi film-maker's legal fund as she prepares for a courtroom showdown with Sir Bob Jones after calling for his knighthood to be revoked for "hate speech". The well-known businessman filed defamation proceedings against Renae Maihi in May 2018, after the Toronto-based artist delivered a petition to Parliament demanding Jones lose his title. The petition, which now has more than 82,000 online signatures, was in response to a controversial column by Jones in the National Business Review in February 2018 proposing Waitangi Day be called Māori "Gratitude Day" instead. A trial is due to begin next month in the High Court at Wellington.... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12301384
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