Delivery man's arm ripped off by speeding car
A man watched in horror as emergency services tried in vain to save his brother-in-law's life after he was hit by a speeding car and left hanging through the windscreen without an arm.
Aaron Chan, 21, of Manukau, was with his brother-in-law unloading goods from their delivery van when a car ploughed into him on West Coast Rd, Glen Eden, about 6.30pm on Monday.
He was thrown on to the bonnet of the car as it ran along the footpath, over the top of a small tree and into a brick wall. When it came to rest Mr Chan was lying across the bonnet with the upper part of his body through the windscreen. His arm was severed and most bones appeared to be badly broken.
The two arrested men - a 35-year-old from New Lynn and a 28-year-old from Whangaparaoa - are to appear in the Waitakere District Court today.
The question must be asked. When will the authorities in Aotearoa NZ put a definitive stop to the behaviour that is causing this angst and horror for innocent families?
- No more high performance cars in our country;
- No more making cars high performance in our country;
- Huge punishment for those who cause this type of damage;
- Boy racing should now be illegal and incurs severe punishment.
Time to do something useful Helen!Labels: boy racers, collective responsibility, helen clarke
A Government plot??
The anti-terror raids of October 15 resulted in the seizure of only four weapons and 230 rounds of ammunition that have led to charges. The early-morning raids involved more than 300 officers. The police have not said what they seized in the property searches in Auckland, Waikato, the Bay of Plenty, Wellington and Christchurch using warrants alleging crimes under the Terrorism Suppression Act and have declined a request to do so. But of 16 people charged with firearms offences, items seized on October 15 are the basis of charges against only two - Tame Iti, and a man who has name suppression. The charges Iti faces include illegal possession on that date of three rifles - a Ruger, a Siga and a Machtech - while the other man is charged in regard to a Ruger rifle and 100 rounds of .22 calibre bullets and 130 rounds of .303 calibre ammunition. The police said it was inappropriate to comment about matters before the court.
If this is really happening as the report says it is, what was the point if not to create a diversion for Helen Clarke and to provide another way for the labour party to score points with the public? They sure have jumped in the polls since this happened.
Labels: helen clarke, Suppression of Terrorism Act, Tame Iti, Terrorism
What are you up to Helen Clarke?
As we approach an election and it is obvious that Labour are not as popular as they would like. Could it be that the Government have engineered the terrorism fiasco so that they dumb down the king maker effect of the Maori Party because as we all know, the Maori Party will defend Tuhoe? Is their plan to nullify the Maori Party rather than rely on them to support Labour's policy in government. After the release of the police case files to the Dom Post (which was possibly less than legal) Helen is now jumping on the bandwagon to gain points with the public. Its all fitting together quite nicely for Helen don't you think?Labels: Dom Post, helen clarke, labour, responsible journalism, Suppression of Terrorism Act, Tame Iti, terror
smoker's fault
ae marika!
a column by hone harawira
maori party mp for tai tokerau
another kiwi who doesn't agree with the donsta.smoker’s fault
don brash said recently that māori who smoke, deserve to get lung cancer. which is a bit like saying pakeha’s who get bashed up deserve to go to hospital. neither comment makes sense; but i made the second one, knowing it to be foolish. cigarette smoking is a carefully managed addiction, promoted by multi-billion dollar tobacco companies who profit by hooking people, māori and pakeha, into their product, and tweaking the chemical mix to ensure that once hooked, you won’t be able to stop. but the comment i noticed most in the flurry of condemnation of brash’s remarks were those from the prime minister who said: "what i know is that tobacco smoking is as addictive and habit forming a behaviour as addiction to any hard drug, like morphine or heroine…so i just don't think it's fair to blame the victims of a disease, an addiction, for their plight," she said.
the reason why her comments were so noticeable, is that she actually has the power to do something about the problem. as the prime minister, she has the power to immediately put legislation before the house, banning the production and sale of tobacco products in this country, and stop this deathly destruction of our nation, it’s children and it’s future. she didn’t. her words ring as hollow as brash’s ring of ignorance.
10 october 2006
Labels: addiction, don brash, helen clarke, smoking
resisting the browning of "aotearoa"
"don" is at it again. as usual he has under-estimated the level of intelligence that the average kiwi brings to the table. we know the constant maori bashing is just an attempt to get the public to look at something other than his incompetence as a leader of a political party. unfortunately, this behaviour is at the level of a primary aged child who tries hard to get the teacher to look elsewhere when he/she is caught red handed. then of course "helen" will attack him some more so that the party faithful will rally around their beloved leader. that way [she thinks] national will saddle itself with his incompetence for another misjudged election. da "bros" reckon don and helen are just a couple of "dicks" who dunno "shit" bout da iwi. "an dat 'don' fullah is a few stones short of a hangi."
national leader don brash has been accused of using the same argument against maori that was used in the united states in the 1700s when black people were denied civil rights.
Labels: don brash, helen clarke, labour, national
A man watched in horror as emergency services tried in vain to save his brother-in-law's life after he was hit by a speeding car and left hanging through the windscreen without an arm.
