Ōpōtiki councillor to complain to Race Relations Commissioner over Grey Power newsletter
20 Jan, 2021 06:22 AM
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Councillor Louis Rapihana. Photo / File
Rotorua Daily Post
By: Charlotte Jones, Local Democracy Reporter
A councillor says he will complain to the Race Relations Commissioner after his use of te reo Māori while saying a karakia at a Grey Power meeting was labelled an insult .
Ōpōtiki councillor Louis Rapihana said he was angry with comments in a newsletter circulated after the Whakatāne Grey Power meeting he spoke at late last year. I will be taking it further … I will be sending a complaint to Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, he said.
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