Police commissioner makes landmark apology to Tuhoe
The police commissioner Mike Bush has apologized to the Tuhoe people for police actions during raids of the Taneatua and Ruatoki communities nearly seven years ago. Mr Bush said the operation that saw armed police detain a number of people in the small Eastern Bay of Plenty communities on October 15, 2007 and road blocks where the elderly and children were stopped was necessary. But the way in which police acted caused a loss of mana for the...
'Time to look forward' after apology
Some Tuhoe descendants want to move on now the police apologised for wrongdoing that occurred during Te Urewera raids, but say only time will tell if that apology was truly genuine. Police Commissioner Mike Bush and other officers made the official apology at a gathering at a marae at the Bay of Plenty settlement. Commissioner Mike Bush greeting Tuhoe kuia. Photo: RNZ / Graeme Acton Commissioner Mike Bush said the mana and...
Tūhoe’s seven-year wait for apology comes to an end
New Zealand's most senior police officer has made an historic apology to the people of Tūhoe for the so-called terror raids. It comes almost seven years after the controversial raids in which police descended on the Urewera...
Tuhoe say Broad should have apologised
Tuhoe speakers at Te Rewarewa Marae have told the police ope or group welcomed there that the former Police Commissioner, Howard Broad, should have issued the apology over the raids, rather than Police Commissioner, Mike Bush. Tangata whenua welcoming police on to the marae. Photo: RNZ / Mani Dunlop The current police commissioner and dozens of officers have been in Ruatoki to apologise to the community over the 2007 Te Urewera...
Terror raids show poor intelligence
New Zealand First leader says the police are paying the price for poor research and poor judgment around the 2007 terror raids. Police Commissioner Mike Bush was in Ruatoki today to deliver an official apology to Ngai Tuhoe and the people of Te Urewera for actions the Independent Police Conduct Authority found were unlawful, unjustified and unreasonable. In the course of a national round-up of people who had taken part in military-style...
Tūhoe opens the first of four medical centres
The first of four medical centres within Tūhoe was opened today in Tāneatua. This is only the start as the tribe paves a new path for themselves towards self-governance. A new café was also opened today called "Moumou Kai." GP visits for Tūhoe at this new medical centre will cost $14. Patrick McGarvey, Chairman of Te Kōmiti o Runga says, “The GP isn't a local, but some of the workers are....
