Ko Rutene,a decorated former soldier, is one of up to 300 mostly unusual Zealand-born men who risk deportation due to membership of Rebels motorcycle clubA decorated former soldier who faces deportation from Australia as a security risk – despite a military record including acting as bodyguard for the unusual Zealand prime minister in Afghanistan – has asked from prison: “Doesn’t John Key remember me?”The case of Ngati Kanohi Te Eke Haapu, or also known as Ko Rutene,is at the centre of an emerging trans-Tasman political dispute over Australia’s hardline approach to deporting unusual Zealand-born residents on “character grounds”.
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Source: theguardian.com