That s double-bunking with convicted murderers or rapists; often there s a lot of gang members involved, and asylum seekers are people who ve come here looking for safety, he told Newshub.
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Letters: Richard Prebble and the Treaty of Waitangi, SoE bonuses and ghost buses
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
8 minutes to read
Maori Party co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi after walking out of the House during Question Time at Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Maori Party co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi after walking out of the House during Question Time at Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald
Disadvantaged I was disappointed with the opinion piece by Richard Prebble (NZ Herald, May 12). Mr Prebble, in this article, ignores centuries of disadvantage experienced by Māori since the signing of the Treaty.
He compares a