Australia deporting 15-year-old Kiwi won t be the last say advocates warning of escalation in notoriously retrograde policy
16 Mar, 2021 04:39 AM
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Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
A 15-year-old boy sent back from Australia won t be the last warns a human rights advocate working on the Gold Coast with Kiwi youth she says are currently being threatened with deportation.
And legal experts are calling what is believed be the first case of a minor sent back across the Tasman a disturbing escalation of a notoriously retrograde immigration policy - one that likely breaches international human rights obligations.
Young Maketū boxer Te Kehu Kerr looks to build on national title
10 Feb, 2021 07:45 PM
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Maketu s Te Kehu Kerr, 15, won the junior super heavyweight title at the New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships.
Stuart Whitaker is editor of the Te Puke Timesstuart.whitaker@nzme.co.nz
As a national titleholder, Maketū 15-year-old Te Kehu Kerr, 15, has already joined TGA Box s hall of fame.
Te Kehu won the junior super heavyweight title at the New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships last month.
In June last year, aged 14, he won the cadets heavyweight division at the North Island Golden Gloves.
Te Kehu now has a record of six wins from seven fights, but the number of fights he has had has been restricted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hāwera double homicide: 55yo father and 15yo son killed, investigation continues
20 Jan, 2021 06:09 AM
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Forensic and ESR teams spent most of Monday inside the Hāwera house where two people were killed. Photo / Charlotte Cook, RNZ
NZ Herald
The father and son killed in a Hāwera home early Monday morning have been confirmed by police as 15-year-old Regan Frost-Lawn and 55-year-old Stephen John Frost.
Their bodies were found by police who were called to a property in Manawa pou Rd at 2.30am on Monday.
A police spokesperson said an investigation is continuing and includes an ongoing scene