2012 December
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Message to AirNZ: Please Drop Costs – Harawira
Posted on December 17, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“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…
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BIG UPS TO FONTERRA – BUT WHERE’S THE GOVERNMENT?
Posted on December 14, 2012 by admin in Feed the Kids, Hone Harawira, Press Releases“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…
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MANA in Parliament, 11-12 December 2012
Posted on December 13, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentGovernment Bills up this week · The government continued the tradition of slipping in a few problematic bills on the last couple of days of the year when they think no one’s really…
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ADJOURMENT SPEECH
Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin in SpeechesTena koe Mr Speaker. Tena tatou katoa e te whare. Mr Speaker – I know that this is a time when MPs traditionally say nice things about one another and wish peace upon the world, but 2012 has been a…
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Alcohol Law Reform a Big Disappointment – Harawira
Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“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…
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“A way to go yet” Harawira on water rights
Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“There’s a long way to go yet” said MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira on hearing that the New Zealand Maori Council had lost its case against the Crown in the High Court over Maori water…
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Ae Marika! 11 December 2012
Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin in Ae MarikaThe biggest problem for Maori in 2012 has been government’s commitment to the “free market”. That attitude has allowed businesses like Ports of Auckland, Pike River and AFFCO to reduce safety standards, shift companies offshore, and cut wages in their…
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Feed the Kids
Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin in Feed the Kids, Hone Harawira“Over the past two days I have been inundated with support for my private member’s bill to provide free breakfasts and lunches to all decile 1 and 2 schools in the country” says MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai…
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Feed the Kids #fact sheet
Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin in NewsMedia are advised that the first reading of the “Feed the Kids” Bill, submitted by MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira, will be presented on the first Member’s Day of 2013. That day is scheduled for…
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MANA in Parliament, 4-6 December 2012
Posted on December 10, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentGovernment Bills up this week One of the first bills up this week was the Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill which proposes to introduce a $1000-plus fee to be able to access the family court’s new Family Dispute Resolution Services. Access…
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