Commissioner may return on anniversary
Police Commissioner Mike Bush is expected to return to the tribal lands of Ngai Tuhoe - potentially on the anniversary of his apology to the tribe on 13 August. Police Commissioner Mike Bush Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski Police have taken steps to rebuild trust and confidence with the iwi following the 2007 Te Urewera raids, which left children terrified of members of the Armed Offenders Squad. Recently, the officers gave 70 Tuhoe...
Trip to capital continues healing for Tuhoe kids
When Kathleen Taipeti woke with several guns pointed at her in her Ruatoki home, her immediate thoughts were for her son, who has been asleep in the lounge by himself. That was in 2007, when her son was eight. He is now 16 and the scars of the Tuhoe Raids are still firmly etched deeply across both he and his...
Public positive on Urewera access
Two months have passed since access resumed for hunters in Te Urewera and feedback on the new permit process has been overwhelmingly...
Family reaches settlement with police
A family of five who had their house searched by police as part of the Urewera raids has reached a confidential settlement with the police outside court. Police Commissioner Mike Bush and kaumatua at Te Rewarewa Marae in August 2014 when police apologised for wrongdoing that occurred during the Te Urewera raids. Photo: RNZ / Mani Dunlop According to court documents the five were at a house in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa...
Commissioner moots scholarship for Tūhoe rangatahi
The Police Commissioner has suggested something similar to a scholarship might be created to encourage Tūhoe rangatahi to become officers. Mike Bush has confirmed the police leadership team wants to leave a lasting legacy which acknowledges officers scared children and whanau when armed raids were carried out in Te Urewera in 2007. Police are this week hosting more than 70 tamariki, rangatahi, kaiako (teachers) and whanau members in...
Tame Iti's painting exhibition opens in Wellington
Some viewers may not be aware that New Zealand's most high-profile Maori activist is also an artist. And since Tame Iti's release from prison, he's been painting. There's a lot to paint about - his tribe Tuhoe have just had the Te Urewera returned in a Treaty of Waitangi settlement. His exhibition, along with photographer Birgit Krippner, opens in Wellington's Suite Gallery tonight. Campbell Live reporter Whena...
