Ngāti Ruanui iwi leader, Debbie Ngarewa Packer has called the actions of a community group racist after they donned blackface in a Christmas street parade. Six members of the Hawera Mt View Lions group painted their faces black as they rode along a float yesterday evening. Ngāti Ruanui iwi leader Debbie Ngārewa-Packer is appalled at … Continue reading Blackface incident “racist and dehumanising” – Iwi leader