A Mongrel-Mob led meth rehabilitation programme has been awarded Proceeds of Crime Act funding. (File pic) “The money should never have gone to the gang, but what makes it more concerning is that the recipient of the funds is senior Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam and his company H2R,” she said. “This is serious. At best this is a very bad decision from a Government who would rather cosy up to gangs than keep New Zealanders safe.” National Party police spokesman Simeon Brown also wrote to the Auditor General over the Chief Human Rights Commissioner’s $200 koha to the Waikato Mongrel Mob. Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt spoke at an event in May and a koha was laid at the pōwhiri in line with tikanga or Māori custom.
He Puapua report to strengthen Māori rights.
Former Indigenous Rights Commissioner Karen Johansen, of Gisborne, Rongowhakaata, advocated for the human rights of tangata whenua between 2008 and 2017.
Photo: LDR / Alice Angeloni
The He Puapua report outlines policy options to give effect to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), which New Zealand committed to under the previous National government.
Earlier this month Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson laid out the government s next steps to meeting the declaration, with no allowance for a new Indigenous Rights Commissioner.
Aotearoa s only Indigenous Rights Commissioner Karen Johansen wants the role reinstated as part of the government s implementation of UNDRIP.
Press Release – New Zealand National Party It is very telling that Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins, speaking on behalf of the Justice Minister, would not express confidence in the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt following the revelation that he donated $200 of taxpayer money to the …
It is very telling that Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins, speaking on behalf of the Justice Minister, would not express confidence in the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt following the revelation that he donated $200 of taxpayer money to the Mongrel Mob, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says.
“The Minister was at pains to distance the Government from the Chief Human Rights Commissioner stating repetitively that the commission is independent and that the Government doesn’t always agree with it.
Press Release – New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union The Taxpayers Union is slamming Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt and his appalling decision to give a taxpayer-funded koha to the Mongrel Mob. The only koha Paul Hunt should be paying in relation to the Mongrel Mob is to Victim …
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Taxpayers’ Union is slamming Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt and his appalling decision to give a taxpayer-funded koha to the Mongrel Mob.
“The only koha Paul Hunt should be paying in relation to the Mongrel Mob is to Victim Support and Women’s Refuge,” says Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman Jordan Williams.
“The Commissioner’s initial display of poor judgment, when he legitimised the ‘conference’ of this criminal organisation, was bad enough. To actually gift the gang taxpayer money is disgraceful.”