By Neil Reid – Sunday News “A MAORI Party boss says hidden racism is rife in New Zealand. Co-vice president Heta Hingston said fellow Maori Party member Hone Harawira’s email rant against Pakeha was no worse than “covert” racial prejudice commonplace throughout the country.“That email, I wouldn’t want to say [if it was racist],” Hingston,…
From an article in The Press by Ian Steward “Christchurch’s boy racers have again hit the headlines overseas, with a German magazine saying residents are afraid of car-based “terrorism“. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said the article was an accurate reflection of Christchurch: “It’s a problem we have. It is something that happens here and it’s…
Korean student, Tae Won Chung, has pleaded guilty to the classroom stabbing of teacher David Warren at Avondale College and was today sentenced to 18 months in prison. A report in the Herald says: “Chung’s lawyer, David Jones QC, told the Auckland District Court that the catalyst for the violent attack was culturally insensitive comments…
By JO McKENZIE-McLEAN – The Press, 3 September 2009 “An attack on a Thai girl, who was beaten up by fellow pupils on a bus, is part of everyday “race hate” in Christchurch, a homestay parent says. Paul Stratford said the Avonside Girls’ High School pupil arrived at his house distressed and covered in blood…
A truly disgusting display of violence from two of New Zealand’s top high schools when over 100 people including students and spectators (some of them drunk) clashed in a mass punch up. The cause was said to be racial insults and other taunts. It’s time to send a message that violence will not be tolerated…
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