"Just before Christmas, Peter Williams QC representing the Tuhoe residents of Ruatoki issued 30 High Court writs on the Police asking for surveillance on those arrested to be stopped, the community of Ruatoki (where the village was locked down for hours) to be given an apology and all legal costs to be paid.

To date the apology by Police Commissioner Howard Broad has not been wholeheartedly given although some ‘meetings’ have taken place’ I understand with Tuhoe elders. In the meantime we will have to wait until the issue is played out in courts before we hear the most common words said in recent times to indigenous communities for past wrongs .

‘I am sorry’."