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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.
A councillor will take a complaint to the Race Relations Commissioner after his use of the Māori language to perform a karakia at a Grey Power meeting was labelled an insult .
Louis Rapihana
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Ōpōtiki councillor Louis Rapihana said he was angry with comments in a newsletter circulated following 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, Rapihana said.
In the newsletter, Grey Power member Siva Panadam apologised to attendees saying she had no idea Louis Rapihana did not speak English .