Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 21, 2020 4:44:24 GMT 12
POLICE NOT PRESSING CHARGES AFTER MĀORI WOMAN ALLEGES RACIAL ABUSE AT ŌWAIRAKA / MOUNT ALBERT
A decision by police not to press charges after a Māori woman was allegedly racially abused and physically assaulted at Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, has been described as racist and will be legally challenged.
Ngahina Hohaia in June said she was verbally and physically attacked when she asked the owner of a dog if she could put her animal on a leash.
AUT law lecturer Khylee Quince is appealing to the Solicitor-General this week on behalf of Hohaia, after she was advised by police that they would not be pressing assault charges because the alleged perpetrator had a plausible explanation of self-defence.
"The police have failed to acknowledge and understand the significance of this as a racially motivated attack on Ngahina as a wahine Māori wearing moko kanohi and as a Māori citizen accessing Ōwairaka maunga as a place of spiritual sustenance.".......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/421618/police-not-pressing-charges-after-maori-woman-alleges-racial-abuse-at-owairaka-mount-albert
A decision by police not to press charges after a Māori woman was allegedly racially abused and physically assaulted at Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, has been described as racist and will be legally challenged.
Ngahina Hohaia in June said she was verbally and physically attacked when she asked the owner of a dog if she could put her animal on a leash.
AUT law lecturer Khylee Quince is appealing to the Solicitor-General this week on behalf of Hohaia, after she was advised by police that they would not be pressing assault charges because the alleged perpetrator had a plausible explanation of self-defence.
"The police have failed to acknowledge and understand the significance of this as a racially motivated attack on Ngahina as a wahine Māori wearing moko kanohi and as a Māori citizen accessing Ōwairaka maunga as a place of spiritual sustenance.".......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/421618/police-not-pressing-charges-after-maori-woman-alleges-racial-abuse-at-owairaka-mount-albert