Mana slams proposed environment law
Posted on September 15, 2011 by admin in Press Releases“First the Maori Party voted in ‘their’ Marine and Coastal Area Bill to let foreigners exploit our coastal marine resources” said Hone Harawira, MANA leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau.
“Now they’re lining up with National and Act to pass another act to make it even easier for the rape and pillage brigade.”
Mr Harawira, who split with the Maori Party over its support for the MCA Bill, says The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Bill which got its first reading in parliament tomorrow (Tuesday) is totally inadequate.
Harawira also slammed the refusal of the National / Maori Party / Act government to even discuss the bill with Maori before putting it into the house. “Maori ownership rights were wiped out under the Marine and Coastal Area Bill, and now this bill will take away the right of consultation for all New Zealanders”
Harawira was also scathing of the Maori Party’s belated support for Te Whanau a Apanui over the Petrobras scandal and expected them to be the same with this bill as well, “And that’s a huge worry because this new Economic Zone bill doesn’t protect the environment at all, and in fact it will make deep sea oil drilling even easier”
Harawira said every MP who had this country’s interests at heart needed to speak out, because this Economic Zone Bill would make our shoreline highly vulnerable to the kind of disaster seen in the Gulf of Mexico, “and after the Christchurch earthquake the last thing we need is an economic and
environmental catastrophe”
“Now is not the time for the ‘sell everything’ kind of legislation like this one is” said Harawira. “In fact, with 270,000 of our children living in poverty, we should be focusing more on the needs of our people than the profits of foreign corporates.”
For further information contact:
- Peter Verschaffelt 0221055044
- Hone Harawira 021865372
MANA says:
Post Author September 20, 2011 at 10:18 amBrian, are you able to post something now?
brian says:
Post Author September 20, 2011 at 11:37 am……………………………?????
MAURI says:
Post Author September 20, 2011 at 10:19 amMOTUHAKE!!
brian says:
Post Author September 20, 2011 at 1:37 pmPerhaps I could be the poet for the movement
I write very very good poetry, but of course like my brother Malcolm , the very famous cartoonist, we get banned by the main media.
He got booted off the NZ Herald after attacking the Zionist attacks on the poor Gaza arabs
Historically leftie poets were very much in to past struggles of the people, manning the barricades.
Malcolm has just had a huge stature of the first All Black put up at Eden Park, which is near my house.
So at present he can do no wrong.
I got visits from cops after the Talkback Radio hosts set them on to me ho ho ho
Here are some of my main poems
http://alternativereel.com/includes/poets-corner/display_review.php?id=00102
Sample:
Depleted Uranium with Your Coffee?
One time in New Zealand,
We had lots of sheepy sheep-
Lots of lovely dollars pouring in-
Your cuzzy bros could sleep;
And there were kiwi kiwi birds,
That from kiwi bush would peep;
But America let off ordinance-
Uranium! – New Zealand farms soon steeped!
Who needs a GE kiwi-sheep?
Worse than any Monsanto madness-
Cuzzies – we’re in the brown stuff deep!
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Ask the whanau what they think, that I could be the poet for Mana and the Greens?
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brian says:
Post Author September 20, 2011 at 11:46 ambbb
Bri says:
Post Author September 20, 2011 at 11:48 amtryin again
Brian Evans says:
Post Author September 20, 2011 at 11:55 amBrian, are you able to post something now?
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Hi
to – Nick and the team at Greenpeace.
Bike riding in 2011 is extremely dangerous on NZ roads and with the sort of kiwis who drive.
I get all the bike riders coming off the roads to bike fast on my footpath, from front back and round corners, even in shopping areas.
I expect a broken back any day. from these angry bike riders, who have been made mad by car and truck and bus and motorcycle incidents
You really really should rethink this
Greens will put people off insisting on this insane car versus bike war.
Biking must MUST be banned ( and I used to bike but back in 1950!)
Brian Evans
The Talkback Terrorist of New Zealand
ps
I hope to get Hone interested in stopping this madness
It is dividing NZ and hurting the greens badly, as making seem quite goofy