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Oliver Sutherland was an activist during the 1970s who helped to identify and publicise racism and the shocking treatment of children in New Zealand s justice system. The work he did with others, led to the establishment of the national duty solicitor scheme.
It is January 1973. There is a void inside Ray .
He has been picked up by the police for being “idle and disorderly”.
Homeless for about a year, the police officers who arrest him make him walk to the station, saying he smells too bad to get in their car.
When he gets to the station, they strip him out of his clothes and make him take a shower. ....

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