Posts Tagged ‘Dawn Raids apology’

Bill to restore stolen citizenship gets support

Monday, July 1st, 2024
citizenship

A Bill to restore citizenship to people whose New Zealand citizenship was removed by law in 1982 has received numerous public submissions. It was a time that “targeted and terrorised” many immigrant people, including a disproportionate number of Pacific Islands’ people, says Peter Garrick, a New Zealander living in Samoa. There, the citizenship issue is Read more

Government makes Dawn Raids apology: Polynesian Panthers want more than words

Thursday, August 5th, 2021
Dawn Raids apology

You are lying asleep in your bed in the home you own. It should be the most comfortable place but, before the sun is up, police are knocking on your door and you will have to convince them you deserve to stay. They’re shining a torch into your face, holding back a German shepherd “frothing at the Read more