Never the instigator

Israel retaliates. It never instigates. SYLVIA BRYAN

RD4 Kaitaia city. historically harassing Ma¯ ori and Pacific Islanders, but in recent years the net seems to have broadened.

Why Christchurch, not Auckland? you may ask. The racial dynamic may speak for itself. In the ‘90s some of us who then resided in the area became aware of a neo-nazi group trying to form at an old factory shed in Te Atatu South, West Auckland. Some in the community tried to ring alarm bells, but in the event, a Westie gang (who I hate by the way) took matters into their own hands and beat the living daylights out of them and burned down the premises, and in my opinion stopped fascism right there.

Is this a cautionary tale regarding Christchurch? Here's a simple solution - workers of the world unite.

MEREDYDD BARRAR

Kaitaia

conditions so that they and other politicians come out smelling like a bed of perfumed roses.

I remember many inquiries over my lifetime, and that’s what they were, to shift blame from the government and its cohorts. There was the Tangiwai rail disaster, where the government of the day knew of a pending dam collapse. There were the Gray killings in the South Island, with military-style weapons. Later the Mt Erebus Air NZ plane crash, followed by the Pike River mine accident, along with many others, like the Wahine sinking and more.

Do I expect more cover-ups with a commission into the Christchurch mosque killings, hidden behind terms of reference set by the government? Yes I do.

Denial is the greatest defence. Always has been and always will be, as truth and justice take second place.

As for a Nobel Peace Prize for

our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, what a laugh. This world needs to get real and become responsible.

In my lifetime the only deserving people are the man who attempted to stop the train at Tangiwai, Prime Minister Norman Kirk with his nuclearfree New Zealand plan, which the David Lange government campaigned on in 1984, with success, and the late Honourable Peter Mahon, who resigned from the High Court over what he called an orchestrated litany of lies after the Erebus crash.

Many tragedies have happened in the past and more will happen in the future, and blame will be passed on to others, but the government and politicians will always come out of it smelling like a sweet, beautiful bed of roses. That’s politics folks. (Abridged Editor). JOHN BASSETT

Diggers’ Valley