MAORI LEADERS WANT GANG MEMBER REINSTATED AS PRISON VOLUNTEE

[Kiwi Frontline]

MAORI LEADERS WANT GANG MEMBER REINSTATED AS PRISON VOLUNTEER

Maori leaders are calling for a gang member to be reinstated as a prison volunteer, but the Corrections Minister is standing firm in keeping him out…..

www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/maori-leaders-want-gang-member-reinstated-prison-volunteer


GANG MEMBER'S REMOVAL 'SLAP IN THE FACE'
"A bunch of do-gooders in Sensible Sentencing have used their lobbying position to now affect and tell iwi what to do and tell the Treaty [of Waitangi] partner what to do, and that's where the level of engagement is happening with the Crown and Sensible Sentencing.

"And the minister has been straight-out arrogant in refusing to meet with the treaty partner and iwi."…

www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/308089/gang-member's-removal-'slap-in-the-face'


TURIA CALLS COLLINS IGNORANT
Turia has called the Justice Minister Judith Collins ignorant over the standing down of Ngapari Nui.

“There are some people and Judith is one of them, who choose to be ignorant, who choose to be disrespectful of anything Māori.”

“I'm not going to go down that track,” said Collins, “Dame Tariana is perfectly entitled to her opinion, but I'm the Minister of Justice and my view is very clear we have to be aware of active gang membership in prisons and I fully support Corrections in their review.”…

www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/turia-calls-collins-ignorant

[second-class-citizen]

If this maori was an EX-gang member, then maybe it could be OK, but he is a current gang member ( ie he chooses to remain in this gang, so what are the words of wisdom he is passing on to inmates??). I see that someone still thinks the Treaty was a partnership (sigh!). Of course Turia tries to play her old favourite...the race card (sigh again).