From the comments section over at Kiwiblog. Hone Harawira, the Maori Party MP’s family:
“Harawira was charged with two counts of injuring Matthews with intent to injure him and one of threatening to kill him. Otere Halkyard, Hinewhare Harawira, and Tui Pere were charged on the same two counts of injuring with intent to injure and Arthur George Harawira on the second of those counts. Following a 12 day trial in the District Court at Auckland they were all found guilty on the charges they respectively faced and on conviction were sentenced to imprisonment, Mrs Titewhai Harawira to nine months and each of the other to six months.”
These scumbags had a contract to run a Maori mental health unit and pulled down vast amounts of taxpayer’s dollars in the process. Matthews was a patient who was systematically beaten by these thugs and he wasn’t the only one.
John Key chose to go into partnership with the party that condones the actions of these people. And what’s described above is just the tip of the grubby iceberg. Remember this, come the next elections, because the NZ media sure as hell won’t mention it.
