Who Is Cherie Kurarangi Kara Sweeney?

Cherie Sweeney

Cherie Sweeney
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Wednesday 23 January 2013

Nation needs more people like Cherie Kurarangi-Sweeney


Nation needs more people like Cherie Kurarangi-Sweeney


Nation needs more people like Cherie Kurarangi-Sweeney
Maori Party MP Rahui Katene has described the woman from Ngaruawahia as a "voice of hope and change" for speaking out against child abuse despite being threatened, labelled a "nark" and having her property attacked.
"We need more people like Cherie Kurarangi-Sweeney who stand up to say that we must not be silent on violence against our children.
"We should be celebrating what Cherie is doing and we must give her all the support we can.
"To achieve the radical transformation we need in our families to take up the challenge to protect our chidren and it will be young leaders like Cherie who help to lead that change.
"I think it is wonderful what she has done in redefining the word 'nark' as being a person who advocates for the rights of our children.
"In essence, what Cherie is doing is advocating a tamariki neighbourhood and whanau watch system and that's something that our party fully supports.

"One of our party's policies is to advocate for a Neighbourhood Renewal Fund which might encourage and inspire communities to live more collectively. In my mind Cherie is the type of neighbourhood champion that helps to lift the spirits and renew our capacity to care for each other."
(Click here to watch Cherie and Rahui's korero about child abuse on the Back Benches television programme last night)

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