Does Hone really care about NZ | Morgan Godfrey | Maui Street Blog

Does Hone really care about NZ | Morgan Godfrey | Maui Street Blog

Posted on May 26, 2011 by admin in Commentary, Events

Hone Harawira is appearing more sensible by the day:

(Hone) says rather than considering environmental issues, the Maori Party believes mining is ok if iwi want to mine.

“We need to put that aside and say is mining in the best interests of the people of New Zealand. When they talk about the iwi, the Maori Party just talk about the iwi leaders but the iwi leaders are not actually the iwi, and iwi are very rarely consulted and you will find in most cases where an iwi are actually consulted in terms of the people who live there, they are 90 percent opposed to such activity,”

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