They did receive an orline submission. But didn't follow through with an Oral submission as I had so arranged yesterday with their Clerk.
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Here are my typed thoughts that I wanted to give in my Oral Submission.
These have been sent on to some MPs and Media as of the Evening of the 28th of November 2014
Tena Koutou katoa, nga mema o te Komiti Whiriwhiri
Good afternoon Honourable members.
Thank you to the Chairman and the committee for allowing me
to speak.
Special Greetings to him.
Kia Ora Dr. Reti MP of my home town Whangarei, Mr Benett, an
MP from the Town I studied.
I acknowledge all committee members especially Dr Kennedy
Graham.
Nga mihi nunui.
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Thank you all for reading my online submission on this Bill.
Please know that I am not legal expert, my field is more
Education.
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But I address you all today, based on my submission and on
my commitment as a New Zealand Citizen and indeed a Global citizen, and I have
a strong commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, you Mr
Shearer having worked previously fof the UN will know this well, as I expect
all the other Honourable members will know.
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Today, my first korero before you is in the defence of the Freedom of Movement.
I believe it is a fundamental Human right, upheld in
national and international law, to be able to move freely without hindrance. In
fact, any of us who read the cover page of our Passports will know that the
Governor General himself and our Head of State, whom he represents, BOTH uphold
this fundamental freedom.
Therefore, I completely fail to understand, why issuers of
this Passport (ie the New Zealand Government) would in 1 breath grant a
passport and in another take it away.
Yes it is their property, but why issue it, if that desire
so exists to take it away, based on the assumptions of some government
official.
The taking away of someone’s passport or Uruwhenua is a
contravention of tikanga, in so much that the Maori Warrior in the Coat of Arms
of that very Passport, defends the tikanga and the mana of somebody to move
freely upon the face of Papatuanuku, Tawhirimatea and Hine Moana.
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This proposed legislation contravenes all of that. And this
is a gross perpetuation of Human Rights abuse.
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Secondly, I wish to remind the Committee that I can find NO
‘Special Circcumstance’ that would
Warrant No Warrant.
My home and my whanau are tapu to me. I know that every
single one of you on the other side of this phone call also hold your homes,
your own homes where your partners, tamariki and whanau are…. These are special
to you.
Therefore I can not understand why this legislation seeks
trample on the tapu of our homes, by potentially allowing some SIS to watch our
kainga without a warrant.
I have no doubt, that there are people we need to protect
the rest of New Zealand against.
But I am satisfied, that the current Law which makes the SIS
and/or other get Warrants to watch us…. I am satisfied with that law and policy
as it stands there.
We must not empower agents to watch our homes for up to 2
days, because ‘they think we are terrorists’.
This extends to our cars, our places where we associate and
go. I don’t want my fundamental privacy and tapu to be trampled on by this
Bill.
If there is a need for surveillance, there is always a need
for a Warrant.
Illegal Spying has happened before.
This happened in Operation 8 in Tuhoe, and we can not let
something like that happen again.
I know the Law is not intended to target specific groups…
but it needs to be known… that if Abuses of power can happen in the Past, like
in Tuhoe.. they can happen AGAIN.
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Third and most poignant for me
Is the Human Right to be totally Free from Discrimination.
As my submission brings out, I have been investigated by
intelligence agencies.
I have never been a Terrorist. I have never wanted to be
one. I have never supported terrorist groups. I will never support Terrorist
attacks or other actions. I am emphatic about this.
I love.. I believe in Peace.
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But none of that stopped me from being interrogated and
interviewed over a 2 year period by Intelligence Agencies
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This was between 2008 to 2010.
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If that happened under Former Laws… I can’t imagine what
would happen under this Proposed Law.
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As such.. This is my Oral Submission.
I am happy to take questions. Thank you
