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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-827/
- Published: 2023-09-15T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-14T23:37:34.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Election 2023, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> Green Party candidate Efeso Collins has revealed he was the target of a death threat after the political party released a policy on ending poverty in Aotearoa.  
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> Just after the policy release, an electronic message arrived at the Greens’ headquarters outlining threats to Collins and suggesting he would be “executed”.  
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> The Green Party called in police because of the seriousness of the threat.  
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> “Police got in contact and told me threats were made against me,” Collins told the **Herald**.  
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> “The detective said the threat was along the lines of they want to execute me. I never had official copy of the threat. The detective was also shocked by the gist of the threat.”  
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> Collins, who is 11th on the Green Party list, said the threat made him reassess his priorities.  
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> “Threats like that create a level of doubt, but I was more concerned for my family, and I didn’t want to have to keep looking over my shoulder.  
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> NZ Herald

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