Joseph Matamata appears for sentencing in the High Court at Napier on Monday. The case of slave trader Joseph Matamata exposed the “sad reality” that human trafficking and slavery were not just overseas problems, and a stern sentence was required, the Crown said at his sentencing on Monday. John Cowpland/Stuff Joseph Matamata used his position as a chief to make his victims’s trust him. John Cowpland/Stuff Joseph Matamata’s offending occurred over 24 years. GOOGLE The two properties on Kiwi Street, Hastings, home to Joseph Matamata and his family.

Source: Stuff July 26, 2020 23:48 UTC