New Zealand Stone Circle banned

Part two

The Gang ‘cover up’ is a tricky one

My primary military source on this was Peter Maher head of force Intelligence Group Army Intelligence. I spoke to him twice once on Operation Ivan Hoe and just prior to State Secrets going to print. He never mentioned that the actual terrorist on the exercise Operation Golden Fleece was not gang members but members of Army Rangers (now defunct).

In 2000 I secured an address of former SIS Army Int SAS types including Maher and Ken Whatuira (published in State Secrets 2).

Whaituira was head on Onix security 25% owned by Waipara Trust, the so called guardians of the urban Maori (yeah right). The list included several names recognise to those with some knowledge of Black Power and Mongrel Mob - clan names well known not just in gang circles but army circles as will. It was Chris Trotter who pointed out that amidst the ranks of the so called ‘Urewerea terrorists’ were those seeking merc work in Iraq. The Ureweras 17 included Jamie Lockett, former body guard to P fan and property Mark Lyon.

Lyon’s interests including the Cook Islands Sheraton, the disasterous tourism development which led to Cook Islands selling off to Cook Islands Telecom to pay $500 million debt. Cook Islands were sold off to NZ Telecom when Fayrichwhite was major investor of Telecom NZ.

Security Focus Group website identifies past clients as Lyon, Americas Cup (Fayrichwhite), and Onix.

Let us not forget the Limos and Harleys brought into NZ in the 1980’s by key gangs name was made possible by Public Work Scheme tenders, the brainchild of former army intelligence clerk, known in his pre-political days, as the bookie from Tepuke, Robert Muldoon. The ties of Muldoon to gangs was illustrated on the front page of the Dominion, where in front of visiting foreign dignitaries the organised crime syndicates of Black Power and Mongrel Mob, gave a joint haka to the only man in NZ to be made a honorary member of both gangs.

Subterfuge 10: If you want power make a problem identify the problem and then be seen to cure the problem.

If the Ureweras was run by Tuehoe activists then how come our TV where bombarded with the red white and black of the Maori Congress colours better suited to the traditional rivals of the Tuhoe in the East Coast and up North. Why was the public not shown the 1835 crest symbolising the fully autonomy granted to the Tuhoe people. One wonders what Tuhoe elders say behind closed doors about the pretenders and who they really represent.

In State Secrets I note how my source CASPER, a former spook, claims that in the 1980’s he worked for well known names of the Business round table that travelled the Pacific. Publicly they offered financial autonomy and independence to indigenous groups. In reality they created debt ethnic disputes (Fiji Solomon’s) which allowed them to secure timber fishing and land rights and gain leverage against soverign governments.

In a country were it odds for any kiwi of more than 7 generations not to have Maori blood who cares if the foreshores owned by Maori tribes or the crown as long as the land remains public and never party can sell that land off to overseas interests. The public should remain suspicious of any party who refuses to make condition of guardianship that’s it public and not for sale EVER!

In closing one line not considered by this forum is the material that suggests the history of NZ is much older than that currently touted in academic circles is how such history also provides the opportunity to gain clues on the Maori own story prior to them arriving in NZ. Such evidence would showcase the maritime genius of the Maori people show how their history also weaves into the tapestry of time were ultimately we are all one.

Ben Vidgen