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This seems to be another example of free speech being muzzled. Here we have criticism of govt. Maorification policies not being published in the public press; just consider how Letters to the Editor no longer mention anything about that process. Australian papers publish excellent summaries of the situation in NZ but the writers cannot get their views published in NZ. The Public Interest Journalism Fund is working well as a control of less than favourable comment.
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At 4.45 am New Zealand time on 20 April 2010, then Minister of Maori Affairs, Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples, announced to the Unite...
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This seems to be another example of free speech being muzzled. Here we have criticism of govt. Maorification policies not being published in the public press; just consider how Letters to the Editor no longer mention anything about that process. Australian papers publish excellent summaries of the situation in NZ but the writers cannot get their views published in NZ.
The Public Interest Journalism Fund is working well as a control of less than favourable comment.
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