Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 3, 2020 11:54:35 GMT 12
HONE HARAWIRA, DON BRASH CLASH OVER USE OF COMMUNITY ROADBLOCKS
Speaking to Sean Plunket on Magic Talk on Wednesday afternoon, Harawira says they decided to implement the roadblocks because "tens of thousands of tourists" were let into New Zealand and he "didn't want them" in their area.
"The Government said they were going to turn the New Zealand Defence Forces out to protect our people. They're not here. If they're not here, and we know from the police that they don't have enough local police to do the job, then somebody has to do it," he says.
"You really think that tourists would turn around and just all go back? You've got to understand, these guys coming into the country have been saving up for years to come here for a couple of weeks. Do you really think they're going to go to motels and just eat Weetbix for two weeks and then get on a plane and go home?
However, Don Brash appeared on Plunket's show later on Wednesday afternoon and called what Harawira was doing an "appalling situation".
"It's the most appalling situation and it's been going on for several days, and sadly we know it's going on in other parts of the country," Brash says.
He believes it is a breach of the principle that all New Zealanders "should be entitled" to the same protection of the law.
"I think the Government has to stomp on this idea that there are two different legal systems in New Zealand - one for the Māori ancestors and one for the rest of us.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/coronavirus-hone-harawira-don-brash-clash-over-use-of-community-roadblocks.html
Speaking to Sean Plunket on Magic Talk on Wednesday afternoon, Harawira says they decided to implement the roadblocks because "tens of thousands of tourists" were let into New Zealand and he "didn't want them" in their area.
"The Government said they were going to turn the New Zealand Defence Forces out to protect our people. They're not here. If they're not here, and we know from the police that they don't have enough local police to do the job, then somebody has to do it," he says.
"You really think that tourists would turn around and just all go back? You've got to understand, these guys coming into the country have been saving up for years to come here for a couple of weeks. Do you really think they're going to go to motels and just eat Weetbix for two weeks and then get on a plane and go home?
However, Don Brash appeared on Plunket's show later on Wednesday afternoon and called what Harawira was doing an "appalling situation".
"It's the most appalling situation and it's been going on for several days, and sadly we know it's going on in other parts of the country," Brash says.
He believes it is a breach of the principle that all New Zealanders "should be entitled" to the same protection of the law.
"I think the Government has to stomp on this idea that there are two different legal systems in New Zealand - one for the Māori ancestors and one for the rest of us.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/coronavirus-hone-harawira-don-brash-clash-over-use-of-community-roadblocks.html