F6, imagine my admiration for you and a sense of fun when i read
"17 activists arrested, denied bail. 300+ Police raid houses across Aotearoa / New Zealand
In a wave of massive state repression, 300+ Police, in many cases armed, raided houses around the country (Aotearoa / New Zealand) on October 15, making 17 arrests. Search warrants were carried out in Auckland, Whakatane, Ruatoki, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington and Christchurch. Police are also seeking up to 60 people for questioning. The arrestees are all activists in the Tino Rangatiratanga, peace and environmental movements."
Why the sense of fun, well, because just yesterday i saw a program on tv on that very matter in which the Maori dismay at the arrival at the fully black clothed 'terrorist hunters' raided their homes.
One spokesman said well they will probably end up with a couple of illegal gun charges and maybe some marijuana charges, but that hardly relates to a threat to a sovereign state. Another made the point also that it was sad that the children will no longer feel safe, even in their own communities. One said that they taught their kids how to use a gun as a matter of just passing on a hunting tradition.