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Message to AirNZ: Please Drop Costs – Harawira
Posted on December 17, 2012 in Hone Harawira, Press Releases with no comments“With Cyclone Evan causing death and destruction in Samoa, it’s time for our national airline to step up to the mark and ease the burden for worried whanau who live here in NZ” says MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira. And with the Cyclone now causing carnage in Fiji, most of our Pacific cousins are in need of a helping hand”. “I’d like to see Air NZ do the following for people from Samoa and Fiji; drop the cost of airfares so that they can get home to help with the clean-up; drop the excess baggage costs as…
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BIG UPS TO FONTERRA – BUT WHERE’S THE GOVERNMENT?
Posted on December 14, 2012 in Feed the Kids, Hone Harawira, Press Releases with no comments“Great news” said Hone Harawira, Leader of MANA and MP for Te Tai Tokerau of Fonterra’s announcement that their Milk in Schools programme would be extended from its pilot in Northland schools to include all interested primary schools in the country. “I know the kids up home have really appreciated it and it’s bloody great to know that every other kid is going to get the same benefit – big ups to Fonterra for this” said Harawira. “And while I’m at it I also want to thank KidsCan who feed 4,500 kids every week”. “But feeding society’s hungry children shouldn’t be left…
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Alcohol Law Reform a Big Disappointment – Harawira
Posted on December 12, 2012 in Hone Harawira, Press Releases with no comments“Good enough to support, but could and should have been a hell of a lot better” said MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Hone Harawira, about the Alcohol Law Reform Bill up for its third and final reading in Parliament today. It’s really disappointing that what should have been a major overhaul of the buying and selling of alcohol to better safeguard our whānau from drinking-related harm has turned out to be more tinkering than real change”. “And it’s especially disappointing that all of the improvements proposed by Labour, the Greens, the Māori Party, and MANA were all voted down…
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