2012 August
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Plain packaging a win in the fight against Big Tobacco in Australia
Posted on August 16, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesAUSTRALIA GETS GOLD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO “Australia didn’t do too well at the Olympics, but they get a Gold Medal for beating the tobacco giants in the plain-packaging debate” said MANA leader Hone Harawira. Harawira was referring to an Australian…
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John Key a “sad fullah” – is 15c more too much to clean the PM’s office?
Posted on August 16, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesIS 15c TOO MUCH MORE TO CLEAN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE? “Who earns $400,000 a year and has investments of $50 million, but won’t pay his cleaner more than $13.85 an hour? Answer – John Key. What a sad fullah” said…
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Gang Insignia Ban Won’t Work – Harawira
Posted on August 15, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Banning gang insignia won’t reduce crime” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “This Prohibition of Gang Insignia in Government Premise Bill is nothing but an attempt to be seen to be doing the right thing, rather than actually doing the right…
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Ae marika! 14 August 2012
Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin in Ae MarikaThe 9th of August was the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a day that is observed every year to promote the rights of Indigenous Peoples. In 2010 New Zealand agreed to support the United Nations’ Declaration…
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Electoral Commission Report on MMP
Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Just who is the Electoral Commission protecting?” asks MANA Leader Hone Harawira in response to the Electoral Commission’s report on MMP. “Apparently voters need to be protected from themselves in case they support new political ideas or movements which might…
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Govt gets a #fail on progress towards UN’s Indigenous Rights Declaration (UNDRIP)
Posted on August 10, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesOn the United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the MANA Movement of Aotearoa has released a scorecard measuring the New Zealand government’s three-year progress against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. New Zealand…
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MANA in Parliament, 31 July – 2 August
Posted on August 7, 2012 by admin in NewsThis week a number of bills went through committee stage in Parliament. In this stage, each part and clause of a bill is debated and voted on, and, once completed, bills are sent back to Parliament for a third and…
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The Good Oil on Water and Taxes | Ae Marika | 7 Aug
Posted on August 7, 2012 by admin in Ae MarikaLast week, Te Whanau a Apanui celebrated the dismissal of all charges against Elvis Teddy, captain of the iwi fishing vessel, San Pietro. The dismissals came more than a year after police boarded his vessel and arrested Teddy during protests…
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A turkey calling for an early Xmas
Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“National calling for an early answer from the Waitangi Tribunal is like a Turkey calling for an early Xmas” said MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “They’re going to get a bad result so what’s the rush?” Harawira’s comment comes after Government asked…
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Low Quality and Low Expectations Dominate the “New Zealand Model of Charter Schools”
Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press Releases“Cost-cutting on teaching and on what it taught is the recipe private companies will use to make money from Charter Schools” comments MANA Vice President John Minto. “Associate Education Minister John Banks’ announcement today that the New Zealand Model of Charter…
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