Mana in Parliament
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MANA in Parliament, 27-29 November 2012
Posted on December 3, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentMANA in Parliament, 27-29 November 2012 Government Bills up this week · The first reading of the Financial Reporting Bill was held this week. The Bill seeks to ensure that current financial reporting obligations are consistent with the goal of…
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Mana in Parliament 13-15 November 2012
Posted on November 19, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentGovernment Bills up this week This week Parliament passed the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill which reinstated the rank of ‘Queens Counsel’ for the country’s top lawyers. MANA opposed the Bill on the grounds that it’s a backward step which keeps…
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MANA in Parliament, 6-8 November 2012
Posted on November 13, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentPoll results The week started off on a high note for MANA with the results of a Native Affairs poll asking which Māori MP best represented the interests of Māori. Hone took the top spot with twice as many points as…
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MANA in Parliament, 23-25 October 2012
Posted on October 29, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentGovernment Bills up this week · Most of the week in Parliament was taken up by the committee stage of the Alcohol Reform Bill. At committee stage (which follows second reading), a…
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MANA in Parliament, 16-18 October 2012
Posted on October 22, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentGovernment Bills up this week First up this week was the third and final reading of the Customs and Excise (Tobacco Products – Budget Measures) Amendment Bill to increase the price of tobacco by 10% each year for the next four…
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MANA in Parliament, 25-27 September 2012
Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentGovernment Bills up this week A number of bills were completed in Parliament this week including the Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Bill which made some positive changes to jury duty and which, as…
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MANA in Parliament, 18-20 September
Posted on September 22, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentKo wai koe: Māori water rights A key focus of MANA and indeed of most, if not all, Iwi continues to be on water. This week the government started their Clayton’s consultation round on the ‘shares plus’ proposal –…
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MANA in Parliament, 11-13 September 2012
Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentFeed the Kids Bill: gathering political support The week started on a high note with Labour leader, David Shearer, announcing their support for the introduction of food in schools programmes. While what they’ve proposed is a scaled down version of what…
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MANA in Parliament, 28-30 August
Posted on September 6, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentFeed the Kids Bill: A real solution to child poverty On Tuesday, the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Child Poverty released their report Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand. A key recommendation of the report was that the government has…
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MANA in Parliament, 14-16 August
Posted on August 20, 2012 by admin in Mana in ParliamentGovernment Bills This week the debate continued on the Appropriations (2012/13 Estimates) Bill and the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Bill (the EEZ Bill), both of which MANA is continuing to oppose. The government put up an amendment to…
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