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Stephanie Van Pelt's avatar

I don't agree that we should blame all RSE workers or Tongan nationals for one sick individuals actions. About 5 years ago my cousins daughter told me she had quit her job in the police forensics lab because she found the volume of rape DNA cases coming across her desk EVERY DAY was too depressing for her. EVERY DAY in this country. She had to step away. It would be interesting to know the statistical analysis of who is perpetrating these crimes. Your article did make be ponder the NZ psyche. In the 60's and 70's we hated the whinging Pom, then it was the Vietnamese boat refugees, then the 'Coconuts', then the Koreans and the Somalians and the Chinese and the Indians.... Did I miss anyone out? Oh South Africans. Have we ever been a tolerant society like we like to think we are and that we have magically lost?

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Guthrie's avatar

well said!

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Skarlett Starr's avatar

We saw what happened in the UK and Europe…we are beginning to see the pattern here…is it too late to stem the tide….?

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Wendy Neal's avatar

Agree, the UK should be a huge warning to us all. Does anyone audit the people who make these decisions to let a person into NZ.

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