I am very curious as to why the NZ govt thinks it has any right to intervine with human rights issues with the tour. The NZ govt has been backing human rights abuses in sport here in New Zealand for the last 5 months. As Chairman of the North Harbour Ice Hockey Leagu, we have been contacting all govt agenices regarding our human rights as an officially recognised sporting body being abused by our NZ Federation and another Auckland Assoc in our sport. Our basic rights here in NZ are ignored by the highest athourity here.

We have been passed back and forth with absoutely no one appointed to oversee constitutitonal rules being observed. Further more we have only recieved abuse from the parties involved and STILL, no govt bodies have taken any action. Our rights still do not exsist!!!

Do’nt you think that NZ should clean out its own closet before it starts telling others how to arrange theirs???? I may not agree with actions in other countries, but I am disgusted to think that NZ has any moral standing to enforce on others what it cant provide here in NZ.

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