2012 October
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Charter school accountability? Yeah right. – Minto
Posted on October 22, 2012 by admin in Mana BlogHow many times have we heard Associate Education Minister John Banks tell us that the government’s charter schools will have greater accountability than public schools? So many times that it’s become one of Banks’s sound bites – “… in exchange for…
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A Small Victory in the Battle for Glen Innes
Posted on October 19, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesFor the first week in several months there were no state houses removed from Glen Innes this week. House removal companies and police have backed off after intense protest activity in recent weeks culminated in the arrest of seven protestors on…
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Govt Share Offer Insulting and Divisive – Harawira
Posted on October 18, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Insulting and divisive” was the response of MANA Leader and Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira to government’s offer of shares in Mighty River Power to iwi that have yet to settle It’s an insult because government is only offering those shares…
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Glen Innes – social and ethnic cleansing on a grand scale
Posted on October 17, 2012 by admin in Mana Blog(Published in NZ Herald 16 October 2012) Aucklanders could be forgiven for not understanding why so many Glen Innes residents are hotly opposed to the promised “redevelopment” of their suburb. Who could object to a project which promises major upgrading of state…
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MANA Leader to Appears in Court
Posted on October 16, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira will appear in the Auckland District Court tomorrow morning at 9am to answer a charge of “failing to remove a vehicle from a road”. Hone was arrested after police smashed their…
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Government Arrogance Over Water Continues
Posted on October 16, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Arrogant and irresponsible, but not surprising” was how MANA leader and Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira described government’s decision to ignore the Waitangi Tribunal’s call for a halt to the sale of state assets until Maori claims to water have…
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Parliamentary Inquiry into Manufacturing
Posted on October 15, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“MANA fully supports a parliamentary inquiry into manufacturing” says MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira. “MANA did attend the manufacturing summit on Friday, but due to a communication error that did not see us included in…
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Social and ethnic cleansing in Glen Innes to create a “cafe-culture” suburb by the sea
Posted on October 12, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press Releases“Disingenuous, dishonest and deceitful is how I’d describe Housing New Zealand’s defence of government policy in the wake of the arrest of Hone Harawira and other housing activists in Glen Innes last night” said Mana Vice President John Minto this…
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On the the people of Glen Innes – Harawira
Posted on October 12, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesLike hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders I was also raised in a state house but it wasn’t till I grew up that I truly appreciated the commitment that government used to make to ensuring that every family had…
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Harawira arrested at peaceful protest
Posted on October 12, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira has been arrested at a peaceful protest at Glen Innes. At approximately 11.30 pm on Thursday the 11th of October, members of the New Zealand Police smashed the…
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