After serving 44 years with police, he remains the only Pasifika officer who lived through major early events which have shaped New Zealand’s Pacific community today. Then, as a teenager, came a series of strict immigration enforcement policies which resulted in targeted raids on the homes of Pacific families – the Dawn Raids. MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Police Commissioner Andrew Coster and Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio at the ava ceremony to welcome Fanene into his new role. Last month, the Government announced it would make a formal apology for the wrongs committed during the Dawn Raids of the 1970s. MONIQUE FORD/Stuff The ava ceremony is a sacred practice reserved only for kings and chiefs, Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio said.

Source: Stuff July 06, 2021 06:45 UTC