“It’s like carrying the power on my back.”
Summarised by Centrist
A 12-year-old in Mt Wellington was stopped by police on Christmas Day for wearing a boxing gym shirt featuring a logo resembling Black Power’s insignia. Officers claimed the shirt breached NZ’s gang patch ban, confiscating it despite the boy’s insistence it was a uniform. “It’s like carrying the power on my back,” he said. The gym denied any gang affiliation, sparking misuse-of-law concerns.
He got away with it, then.
The manufacturing environment in New Zealand has become “increasingly difficult” in recent years.
“It’s a critical utility for a country called New Zealand. It’s our face abroad.”
“I’ve been advised that there is that speculation in the market, both by fuel importing companies here, and obviously, there’s been media coverage.”
A new low from New Zealand’s criminal injustice system.
Stuff does not give a toss that they have had to correct the record or that every other outlet is now laughing at them. The damage was done the moment the original story dropped. Most casual readers will never see the quiet little update at the top.
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