• “we didn’t even get crumbs for kids” – Harawira gives powerful 2013 Budget Speech

      Posted on May 17, 2013 in Hone Harawira, News, Press Releases, Speeches with one comment

      A MANA Analysis of the 2013 Budget:  Increasing Poverty, Not Reducing Poverty “This budget was billed as the budget to solve child poverty but it does nothing for our most vulnerable” says MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira.  “And if was John Key or Bill English I would hang my head in shame because under this budget 270,000 kids will still be in poverty today, tomorrow and next year”. “Just in case I’m wrong with my take on the budget, I checked the 78 recommendations made by the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty against the...

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    • FEED THE KIDS BILL DEFERRED TILL 10 JULY

      Posted on May 14, 2013 in Feed the Kids, Hone Harawira, Press Releases with 2 comments

      “I’m grateful for the decision to defer the first reading of my Feed the Kids Bill until 10 July” said MANA leader and MP for Tai Tokerau, Hone Harawira. “I’ve got a lot on over the next few weeks and the postponement means I can do justice to all my electorate activities and party leader responsibilities including the by-election in Ikaroa Rawhiti, as well as ensure the bill is given the promotion that it deserves”. “It also gives me more time to persuade ACT, United Future, and National MPs that the Bill deserves to go to Select Committee.” “Government recognises...

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    • Charter Schools a Direct Attack on Kura Kaupapa Maori and Public Education

      Posted on May 14, 2013 in Hone Harawira, Press Releases with 4 comments

      "The Maori Party is backing the introduction of well-funded charter schools even though they represent a direct attack on kura kaupapa Māori, and on public education generally,” said Hone Harawira, Leader of MANA and MP for Te Tai Tokerau. "Although successive governments have starved kura kaupapa of funding from the get-go, they remain one of the most successful educational initiatives for Maori by Māori, in the last 100 years” said Harawira. “But today, the Maori Party is supporting their National and ACT Party buddies spending massive amounts of money on charter schools while kura get bugger all.” Massey University...

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