Countdown apologises for false shoplifting accusation that embarrassed teenSupplied Aorangi Himiona-Kawana, falsely accused of shoplifting. A supermarket chain accused of racial profiling has apologised to a Maori teenager after falsely labelling her a thief. Aorangi Himiona-Kawana, 19, was grocery shopping with her mother and two brothers on Wednesday, when she was approached by Countdown on Broadway staff in Palmerston North and accused of shoplifting. Her mother, Pania Kawana, who is a lecturer in Palmerston North, said there could have been some racial profiling involved. Countdown was asked whether racial profiling could have occurred in this situation.

Source: Stuff November 04, 2016 09:23 UTC