Tongan national jailed for home invasion rape

This is what happens when you import the Third World

Another day, another New Zealand woman raped by an import. Semisi Tuivai, a Tongan national working at Marsden Point, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the brutal rape of a young woman in Whangārei.

Tuivai entered the victim’s emergency housing while she was alone, overpowered her, and raped her in her in a place where she should have been safe. There was no consent, no ambiguity, just pure violence. The harm he caused went far beyond the physical.

The media, as usual, is silent on one crucial detail: what visa was Tuivai on? Was he here as part of the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme? Was it a working holiday visa? Was he an overstayer? They don’t say. If it turns out he was here under the RSE programme, it wouldn’t be the first, or even the tenth, time this has happened.

We’ve seen this pattern before.

Time and again, men brought in under low-skilled migrant worker schemes have been implicated in assaults, harassment, and in some cases, rape. It's a conversation the political class refuses to have. Anyone who raises it is quickly shouted down, accused of racism, or told to be more “inclusive.” But inclusivity shouldn’t mean putting New Zealand women in danger. It shouldn't mean silencing victims to protect the image of a failing immigration policy.

Many of these men come from places where women have no rights, where “no” means nothing, and where violence is a way of life. That mindset doesn't disappear just because someone crosses a border. It comes with them. When we allow it into our country, we let it take root.

New Zealand's immigration system has become a gateway for low-skilled, high-risk labour from countries with radically different cultural norms. Politicians and business lobbyists love it because it's cheap. The real cost is borne by our people, especially young women like the one Tuivai preyed on.

When you import the Third World, you become the Third World. That isn’t a slogan. It’s a warning. We are already seeing the consequences of this mass importation of people who do not share our values and, in many cases, have no interest in integrating.

Tuivai has been sentenced. What about the system that let him in? What about the policy that prioritised his job over our safety? What about the woman whose life has been shattered? There will be no apology from Immigration New Zealand. No answers from the ministers responsible.

We owe it to the women of this country to stop pretending everything’s fine. We owe it to them to be honest. Because if we keep importing danger, we shouldn’t be surprised when danger arrives

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