Palmerston North raided speaks out at protest
As part of the Global Day of Action, around 100 people gathered today in Palmerston North. There were a number of speakers including long-time unionist and activist Dion Martin and also Te Anau, an activist and musician whose Palmerston North house was raided last week. He said he had just returned from a conference in Australia about Aboriginal rights and hip hop music. He said his house was searched and he was extensively questioned. He was not arrested.
He was asked if he knew Tama Iti. "I've seen him on the TV" he said, and "Police kept asking me - are you Tuhoe? Are you Tuhoe? Do you have links to Tuhoe?" to which he replied: "Dudes - I'm an ex-street kid from Manurewa."
The protest lasted one and a half hours and ended with waiata.
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Re: Palmerston North raided speaks out at protest
This is plain dull! www.peta.org is much more important!
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More important? Pft. Sounds like some elitist judgement here.
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This is not boring!
signed,
one exuberant vegan
PS. the only interesting thing about PETA is how often they use and abuse women in their campaigns. But that's a topic for another time and place.
Re: Palmerston North raided speaks out at protest
Go tell those activists currently sitting in jail cells in Auckland you find this issue "dull"!
I find your jaded attitude utterly offensive.
I was at this protest and the activist whose house had been raided was passionate and angry and saddened and not the least bit "dull".
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Poor bugger. Wonder when they going to come for me. I'm Tuhoe, I know Tame Iti & I know I'm related to him somewhere in the whakapapa.
Chill out PETA person you can learn alot from our furred and feathered friends. They love unconditionally.
Re: Palmerston North raided speaks out at protest
E hoa ma, ka nui te mihi mo to koutou tu ki Te Papioia. Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu. Mauriora
Re: Palmerston North raided speaks out at protest
Kia ora to everyOne for all the mahi, commitment and info on this issue since October 15.Solidarity to All, especially tangata whenua who seek to reassert Tino Rangatiratanga on this 172nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Please: can we (unlike mainstream media) spell and pronounce names correctly. The man's name is TamE - not Tama.