A quarter of Auckland will be Asian by 2016

**White Guardian** · 05-10-2011

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by the police into whether anti-Asian leaflets being stuffed into letterboxes constitutes an offence under human rights legislation.

The material, which publicises a group called Right Wing Resistance, is being distributed in parts of East Auckland.
The flyers call on people to “stop the Asian invasion” and “join the resistance”.
It gives a cellphone number and email address to contact.
The organisation claims to represent a “unified resistance movement against mass immigration, the dilution of our European culture and pride”, among other things, and is looking to recruit like-minded people.
One Pakuranga resident who received the flyer was shocked by its nature.
She cannot imagine how her 92-year-old mother, who has been in New Zealand for 70 years, would have felt if she had found it.
“I would hate for Asian people to have this in their letterbox and think ‘what’s this country turned into’,” says Karen, who does not want her surname published.
The flyer arrived in her street about 10 days ago, and was not included with other junk mail.
Karen contacted former Manukau City councillor Dick Quax.

He lives in Sunnyhill Crescent, Pakuranga, and has also received one of the leaflets in his letterbox, as has his neighbour.
Mr Quax says he’s never seen anything like it in his 20 years in East Auckland.
“It’s disgraceful and despicable,” he says. “Words cannot describe my loathing for these people.”
He advises people who receive one in their letterbox to “do what it deserves and get rid of it”.
“It’s quite clearly hate speech,” says Mr Quax. “There are laws against hate mail and that’s why I use such strong language in return.
“These people [who distributed the flyers] may say they have a right to free speech.
“But if you abuse that right by using it for hateful purposes you deserve all the criticism you get.”
Karen says the language used in the flyer is what she found offensive. “It’s a bit on the nose,” she says. “The words ‘join the resistance’ got my attention. I felt quite disturbed by it.
“If there is going to be a cult of these people, then it’s a bit of a concern for Asians who live here.

“This is the first time it has appeared in my letterbox and I don’t think it’s a prank.
“I take it seriously and I’m concerned for the folk who live around here, but I don’t want it to grow out of proportion as well.”
Howick Local Board member Wayne Huang says the flyers present a “challenging issue”, but warns people not to overreact.
“New Zealand, now more than ever in its history, is a multicultural country and more tolerant than it has ever been,” he says. “One solution is to promote understanding and awareness of different cultures and ethnicities, and review what we can do to make improvements.”
Mr Huang has helped to set up an ethnic affairs portfolio on the local board and hopes this will increase harmony in the community.
The former deputy chairman of Botany Community Board says his message to Asian people who receive the flyer at home is to not be scared.
“We have got people to stand by you and support you,” he says.
“No matter if you have spent one year or 10 years here, you make a contribution and you are a New Zealander.”
Mr Huang stresses: “This flyer does not represent mainstream thinking.”
The Human Rights Act 1993 says people may be in breach of the law if they have “intent to excite hostility or ill-will against – or bring into contempt or ridicule – any group of persons in New Zealand on the ground of their colour, race, or ethnic or national origins of that group of persons”.
Such offences are punishable by a prison term of up to three months, or a fine up to $7000.
A breach of the law could be if someone “publishes or distributes written matter, or broadcasts by means of radio or television words, which are threatening, abusive, or insulting”.
The Times has brought the distribution of the leaflet to the attention of Counties Manukau East Police, who are now investigating whether it constitutes an offence and who is behind its distribution.
Inspector Jim Searle, area commander, says he can’t remember seeing anything similar in the area.
“This is objectionable to most people in the community,” he says. “New Zealand is widely regarded as a friendly and welcoming society. Most people find the lunatic fringe to be objectionable.
“My experience of Howick and Pakuranga, and the other communities we work with, is that they are pretty tolerant of racial and ethnic diversity.”

Flyers target Asian Kiwis

**White Guardian** · 05-11-2011

A far right Christchurch group has taken its anti-Asian campaign to Auckland to recruit new members, leader Kyle Chapman says.

The Right Wing Resistance has been circulating flyers in areas with high Asian populations like Pakuranga, Howick and Northcote.

The leaflets claim an Asian invasion is taking place.
Chapman, the former National Front head, will appear on TV ONE's Close Up at 7pm tonight to discuss the leaflets.

He told Radio New Zealand earlier today that the pamphlet drop was primarily to recruit new members.

"It is to seek out people who are like minded like us, to come and join us and help out with campaigns that we are working on," he said.

"Secondly, the way we created the flyer is to make sure it's in people's faces, to get people talking about it.

"We are sick of this issue getting swept under the carpet all the time."
But Massey University sociologist Paul Spoonley disputes that claim.
"The intent is to stir up some publicity, there is no intent to recruit," he told Morning Report.

Spoonely says although the group is small, they do need to be monitored to avoid them getting any bigger.

"They are a concern, they are a white supremacist, their website makes that clear," he said.

He says the flyer "evokes a very strong image of these white supremacist groups overseas and here."

Spoonley says the Right Wing Resistance group has 42 Facebook members, who are mainly skinheads.

He says they have been around a couple of years, mainly in Christchurch but are now expanding to Auckland.

Chapman agrees that people will be offended by the pamphlet.

"But that's okay because it's a free country and we have a right to our freedom of choice and our beliefs," he said.

"The more people complain the more we will do it because we can see it's being effective."

He says the group created the campaign because they are "frightened".

"That's what the point of what it's about. We a scared by them, we are scared of Asian crime gangs," he said,

Police are concerned the campaign could lead to racially motivated violence.

Asian liaison officer Raymond Wong says police won't hesitate to prosecute anyone who commits or incites any form of violence, especially if it is racially motivated

Anti-Asian group says campaign is to recruit members | NATIONAL News

**White Guardian** · 05-11-2011

Political activist organisation the Right Wing Resistance has supporters in Nelson.
The head of the RWR, Kyle Chapman, said today although he had not met any of the supporters, some had already distributed a "few hundred" pamphlets urging people to "Stop the Asian Invasion" in Nelson.
The pamphlets have been distributed in other cities, including Christchurch and Auckland. The group is being investigated for the campaign, and police say the group's actions could lead to racially motivated violence.
Mr Chapman, who is the former National Front leader, said the group was recruiting new members and didn't care what other people thought.
"We want to be a political activist organisation, not a political party. We are looking for people who are like-minded to us – we are not interested in changing anyone else's point of view."
He denied the group was made up of white supremacists. He said that label was made up by the media to alienate the group from society.
The group's website says the RWR is an "organised unified resistance movement against mass immigration, the dilution of our European culture and pride, and the current multicultural agenda created by the current government networks designed to destroy our colonial rights and identity". The website says the group's primary purpose was to recruit like-minded individuals and groups into an organisation of active men.
The group's Facebook site has 43 fans.
Mr Chapman told the Nelson Mail this morning that although the RWR had supporters in Nelson, nobody had become a member yet.
"We have supporters in just about every town and city in New Zealand."
The fliers were distributed in Nelson a few weeks ago. Mr Chapman had not met any of the RWR's Nelson supporters yet but they had requested the fliers through the website.
Nelson Bays acting area commander Inspector Ross Lienert said he was not aware of any complaints in relation to the distribution of the pamphlets.
Police were concerned the campaign could lead to racially motivated violence, police Asian liaison officer Raymond Wong said.
The police would not hesitate to prosecute anyone who committed or incited violence, especially if it was racially motivated.
"Some in the Chinese community are deeply concerned about these racist flyers and have taken their worries not only to the police but also to local Chinese radio," he said.
Police are investigating whether the campaign constituted a criminal offence.
Mr Chapman said the leaflet was part of a recruitment campaign and not designed to threaten Asian recipients, it was reported.
Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres said it was despicable but not much could legally be done about the flyers.
He had had at least five complaints from Christchurch and the suburbs of Northcote and Pakuranga in Auckland

'Stop the Asian Invasion' row in city | Stuff.co.nz

**White Guardian** · 05-11-2011

Anti-Chinese leaflets spark fear and anger - National - NZ Herald News

Anti-Asian fliers sent across NZ | Stuff.co.nz

Radio New Zealand : News : National : Anti-Asian leaflets investigated

Police are investigating whether a letter-box drop of anti-Asian leaflets in Auckland and Christchurch constitutes a criminal offence.
The Right Wing Resistance, led by former National Front president Kyle Chapman, has been distributing brochures stating: 'Stop the Asian invasion, join the resistance.'
Some leaflets have been distributed in areas with high Asian populations.
The Human Rights Commission says the group is protected by freedom of speech.
Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres says that while it is despicable, not much can legally be done about the leaflets. Mr de Bres says he has received complaints from Christchurch and the Auckland suburbs of Northcote and Pakuranga.
National manager of Maori, Pacific and Ethnic Services Superintendent Wally Haumaha has asked his team to look at other aspects of law and work with Crown Law to see what possible offences have been committed.
Mr Haumaha says the Asian community have a right to live in peace, without fear.
On Wednesday, Kyle Chapman told Morning Report the leaflet is part of a recruitment campaign and not designed to threaten Asian recipients. He says he is not a racist, but a right-wing political activist.
However, Manying Ip, of the School of Asian Studies at the University of Auckland, says the leaflets are stirring up hatred.
Professor Ip says similar groups have a history of trying to recruit people during difficult economic times and it is unfair to target people in a racial minority and the group's views are dragging New Zealand back to the 19th century.
The Office of Ethnic Affairs says the distribution of the leaflets is a clear attempt to cause fear among Asian people living peacefully in New Zealand.
Director Mervin Singham says groups such as this should stop putting their own political interests first and consider the needs of the whole of New Zealand society and the economy.
Massey University sociologist Paul Spoonley told Morning Report the group is small and mainly made up of people from skinhead gangs or associated political movements and the leaflet drop is an attempt to stir publicity in an election year.

**apteryx** · 05-16-2011

'Asian enclave' good for Auckland - sociologist

By Paul Harper 11:48 AM Monday May 16, 2011

Around a quarter of Aucklanders will be of Asian descent in five years - but "Asian enclaves" are a good thing for the city, sociologist Paul Spoonley says.
The issue of Asian migration has been recently raised by the Right Wing Resistance, led by former National Front leader Kyle Chapman.
The group is planning an Anti-Asian rally to protest against mass Asian immigration, which Mr Chapman claimed "stole jobs".
A date has yet to be set for the rally.
At the last census in 2006, the Asian ethnic group (which includes people from the sub-continent) totaled 354,552 people (9.2 per cent), making it the fourth largest ethnic group in New Zealand, following European, Maori and "other ethnicity".
Almost one in five (18.9 per cent) people in Auckland identified with one or more Asian ethnic groups, the highest proportion in the country.
Those of European ethnicity are forecast to drop from 76.8 per cent in 2006 to 69.5 per cent in 2026.
Mr Spoonley says the growth of immigration from Asia has been "enormous" since 1986, particularly since 2000.
"I've done some forecasts as well ... my pick is that a quarter of Auckland will be Asian by 2016."
He says "ethnic precincts" have mushroomed in places such as Dominion Road, Somerville, and Northcote in recent years.
"It used to be that immigrants that were poor got stuck in impoverished enclaves - it was sort of a dead end.
"But we are talking about skilled often highly educated affluent immigrants. So the dynamic is different."
Mr Spoonley says ethnic precincts are not in themselves bad.
"What they do, is they bring Auckland into the 21st century, because dynamic city economies are almost always ethnically diverse, with strong ethnic precincts. It is part of what a modern city is," he says.

'Asian enclave' good for Auckland - sociologist - Business - NZ Herald News

**White Guardian** · 02-11-2012

Asians are the most discriminated against group in New Zealand, according to a new survey.And attitudes towards them have changed little in the past five years.In a survey conducted for the Human Rights Commission, 75% of respondents named Asians as the most discriminated against. The Race Relations Commissioner, Joris de Bres, says Asians are now one of the country's four largest population groups and the fastest growing. He said the time has come for the Asian community to be recognised alongside Maori, Pakeha and Pacific island communities. A Human Rights Commission review of discrimination and harassment found that the number of media reports of racially motivated crime dropped in the past year, but still included a number of serious assaults.Two Thai women were abused both physically and verbally in Nelson, a couple set their dogs on a Filipino man and Japanese student in Christchurch, a man in New Plymouth attacked his Indian neighbours' car with a machete, and a Chinese student was assaulted at an Invercargill petrol station.'Focus on inclusion' De Bres told the New Zealand Federation of Multicultural Councils in Wellington that an active focus on inclusion of Asian New Zealanders in all aspects of New Zealand life was required to break down discrimination. "Asians are now one of our four largest population groups, and one of the fastest growing. Yet the only publicly funded television programme, Asia Downunder, was discontinued last year," he said. There are very few Asians on the boards of District Health Boards, not enough Asian teachers in New Zealand schools, not enough Asian local councillors or community board members and Asian migrants continue to face discrimination in applying for jobs, he said.De Bres said that one of the organisations that has strongly focused on Asian recruitment over a recent years is the New Zealand Police.That meant they were able to deal effectively with Asian communities after the Canterbury earthquake, as well as being accessible to Asian communities elsewhere, he said."All public agencies should be doing the same. Some private sector organisations, such as the major banks, have also reached out to Asian communities because it makes good business sense," de Bres said.For example, Auckland University, which has rightly provided a space for Maori and Pacific students with the marae and the Fale Pasifika, could be thinking how they can similarly provide a space for Asian students who comprise a significant proportion of the student body, he said.To view the full review of discrimination and harassment in 2011 visit the Human Rights Commission website.

Asians face most discrimination in NZ - survey | NATIONAL News

In 1969-70, de Bres attended the Free University of West Berlin, where he studied Marx, Lenin, Engels, Marcuse, Rosa Luxemburg, Frantz Fanon, and Modern German writers of the revolutionary left.

In February 1972, de Bres attended, along with Geoff Bertram, the World Assembly for Peace and the Independence of the Indo-Chinese People held in Paris.

He represented the New Zealand Committee On Vietnam ,and gave up studies for a post-graduate degree. While he was in attendance, he gave a letter of solidarity to Quong Ming, ambassador of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam.

In October 1973, de Bres was joint organiser of a march from the Auckland Town Hall to the Central Post Operations building protesting the Chilean coup which saw the overthrow of the marxist regime of Salvador Allende

Joris de Bres - KeyWiki