Canterbury brewer at centre of racism furore after 'Māori scurge' post officially quits company

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Canterbury brewer at centre of racism furore after 'Māori scurge' post officially quits company

May 18, 2021

An email sent to shareholders late last night announced David Gaughan would resign his position as owner and director of Eagle Brewing in Kaiapoi and would be “leaving the business altogether”.

In the note, his partner, Marilyn, wrote that they had met with lawyers and the company was aiming to appoint an independent director by the end of the week, with the brand name to change “to distance itself from Eagle”.

She added that “unfortunately we will also be separating in our relationship”, and said she will now receive Gaughan’s shares and be the majority shareholder and director.

It comes after Eagle products were pulled from major retailers and suppliers in response to a racist post Gaughan wrote on Facebook, claiming "Māori are New Zealand’s biggest problem” and “the quicker we put them in prison the better”.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-...-quits-company

[JamesBond007]

Racism is currently like sex was during the Victorian era it is myopic to think that future species of the genus homo will look back in our history and say "gee, homo-sapiens was right that all featherless bipeds were equal"