NEW ZEALAND'S
PEOPLE POWERED
PETITION PLATFORM

It is very important that all New Zealanders are treated the same and that rugby players are not exempt from the law. When Losi Filipo made an unprovoked attack on 2 men and 2 women in October 2015. Filipo also punched two women. "He kept repeating us that he wanted to fight. I was smashed to the ground and then my head was stomped on over and over." However, Filipo has been discharged without conviction to protect his rugby career and Wellington Rugby, despite saying it does not condone Filipo's violence, has condoned it by keeping him in the Wellington team. A person from any other occupation would not have received a discharge without conviction. Reports show that Filipo has learnt nothing from this incident by threatening one of his former victims after being discharged. "Hayden Williams, 22, another of Filipo's victims, saw the rugby player about a week after the court case while standing outside a bar in Wellington. "He walked passed me and I asked him if he was still punching girls," says Williams. "He signalled out to his friends and two of them came over and yelled at me asking for a fight." "Losi was laughing at me and kept saying he'd been through court. I felt like he was laughing that he'd been through court and got off." This petition is important because it tells Filipo that he hasn't got off and by removing him from rugby you also pass the message that rugby everywhere in the world is a sport that does not condone brutality and violence.

It is important to support the local people and businesses in Hokitika to have a face to face banking experience. The next closest ANZ bank is in Greymouth which is a 30 minutes drive away. There is no local bus service so the cost on the Inter City bus is $27.00 (varies) return.