No room on Northland bookstore shelves for controversial book

Northland book stores are refusing to put a controversial book about the mother of murdered Kahui twins on their shelves.
The retail outlets followed two major retailers - The Warehouse and Paper Plus - who this week decided to boycott Breaking Silence: The Kahui Case written by Ian Wishart.
About 26,000 people have signed up to a Facebook group opposing the book, which gives Macsyna King's account of the circumstances surrounding the murder of her 3-month-old sons Chris and Cru Kahui.
The book was written in collaboration with the mother of the twins.
Dargaville's Sarah Moran who co-owns Moran's Bookshop said the store would not stock the book.
"We've been accused of not allowing freedom of speech, but it's our choice. It's not as if the book is not available elsewhere."
She felt the issue had been sensationalised and that everything should come out in the Coroner's Court.
Poppies' Kerikeri manager, who identified herself only as Raewyn, questioned the timing of the book's release.
"We are not selling it and the simple reason is because it's not a matter that should be out in the public until all the legal issues have been resolved and people responsible dealt with," she said. "Writing of a book at this time is looking to profit and is not helpful to the case."
A bookshop manager in Kamo who wished not to be identified said the book wouldn't be stocked because she didn't approve of it.
"We feel the case has been going on all these years and no one has been held accountable for the deaths."
A spokesperson at Piggery Second Hand Book Shop in Whangarei said it was unlikely they'd buy the book because it was a new edition.
The manager at Whangarei District Council library, Paula Urlich, didn't return calls but the Northern Advocate understands the library will stock the book.
Mr Wishart had said opponents of the book had developed a "lynch mob" mentality and that Ms King would not collect any money from sales.
The boys' father, Chris Kahui, was accused and acquitted of inflicting fatal injuries on the twins in 2008.
His legal team contended Ms King carried out the murders.