Raetihi Black Power halfway house rumours unfounded
Rumours suggesting that a house in Duncan Street Raetihi was to be sold to the Black Power gang to be used as a halfway house have not been substantiated. One of the house's present owners Mrs Heather Simeon said last week that there was no question the house would be sold to the Black Power gang. She said that, while the house is on the market there have been no approaches from Black Power or anyone else to buy it. Mrs Simeon said she would not want to sell the house to anyone other than a family, because she had raised her family there and believed it was an excellent family home. The Bulletin has not been able to find the cause of the rumours, which suggested the house was to be bought by the gang with help from Maori Affairs, Justice Department, the Housing Corporation and/or the Department of Social Welfare. None of those departments have been able to shed any light on the rumours.
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 259, 18 October 1988, Page 4
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173Raetihi Black Power halfway house rumours unfounded Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 259, 18 October 1988, Page 4
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