‘Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples has lent his support to save a Black Power stronghold from being demolished because the gang pad caters for the “spiritual and cultural needs” of Maori.
The MP wrote to the Auckland City Council (under his Parliamentary letterhead. kg) asking staff to ignore illegal structures on the Mt Wellington property – which was the hub of a $1.5 million cannabis ring – and to grant a waiver for breaches of the district plan.’ source
By his own admission then, selling drugs, standover tactics, thuggery, robbery and rape are part of maori’s “spiritual and cultural needs”. Glad he’s cleared that up for us.
