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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 11:24

One rule – yeah right

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Is this another example of the urban/rural divide in New Zealand?

Police in South Auckland are letting unlicensed young Maori drivers off the hook if they catch them driving illegally: instead of fining them they are referring them for training.

Yet farmers caught riding quads without helmets are copping hefty fines. One Blenheim couple were fined $20,000.

What’s happened to ‘one rule for all’?

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