Hone reduces dating opportunities!

Really enjoyed this letter to the Editor of the Dominion Post:-

As a boy of Maori heritage, I find Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira’s view of Maori- Pakeha dating (Harawira has a plan to keep his whanau pure, August 4) astonishing, unfortunate and racist. I can’t understand why he would have a problem with his children dating Pakeha.

Mr Harawira seems to have the forgotten the values outlined on the Maori Party website of “. . . building relationships between Maori and the Crown, between communities, and in so doing, provide a rich basis for development for the nation”.

On a personal level, his comments scare me. Doesn’t he remember that building a social life is challenging enough for a teenage boy, without cutting the potential pool of dates in half?

JOSH RIPPIN (13)

Kelburn

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