05 November 2004

Whose Country Is This?

New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark says the latest recruitment drive for Asian 111 emergency call centre staff highlights the ramifications of the Government’s open-door immigration policy.

Mr Mark says he’s stunned by reports that police are looking for more Asian speaking staff to work in their Auckland emergency call centre because Asians may feel more comfortable reporting crime if they can speak to someone in their own language.

“Police can’t even cope with the needs of rural communities and other emergency callers like Iraena Asher who are fluent in English.

“The police move to recruit more Asians in their Auckland call centre confirms New Zealand First’s repeated claims that Auckland is Asia’s latest colony,” said Mr Mark.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>