Tim Dower: When it comes to 501s, NZ can't have it both ways

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jun 15, 2022 · 1m

We've talked a lot about the 501 deportations lately and how unjust and downright grubby that Australian policy is.

Just a week ago the Prime Minister was in Australia and most New Zealanders backed what she was saying, how it's wrong, immoral even, for the Aussies to send back crims when they've got no connections here, and haven't lived here since they were tiny kids.

Here’s a bit of a tricky situation.

A former inmate here is due to be deported back to Samoa.

Immigration was actually serving Mose Vaipapa with deportation papers at the same time Jacinda Ardern was in Australia, putting our…