John Minto
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NAT’S EDUCATION POLICY A RECIPE FOR FAILURE
Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA education spokesperson John Minto says National’s education policy announced yesterday is a recipe for continuing education failure for kids in low-income areas while shifting the blame onto teachers and schools. “New Zealand has a high quality public education system which…
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Will the invisible man appear tonight?
Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesTonight is the last opportunity for Manukau East MP Ross Robertson to front up to an election forum. “Ross has not shown his face at either of the two candidate forums so far and the forum tonight at 7pm at the…
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New proposals morph National Standards
Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA educations spokesperson John Minto says it seems clear the government has serious plans to morph National Standards into National Testing after the election. He says the government has advertised a contract for an IT project leader to develop a framework…
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Mana endorses plan for independent advocacy
Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA is endorsing the call by Christchurch residents for an independent Advocacy Commission for those facing obdurate officialdom and the corporate insurance industry in the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes. MANA economic justice spokesperson John Minto says the march on Saturday…
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The whole country must watch
Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMana is encouraging EVERY New Zealander to watch the TV3 documentary Inside Child Poverty to be screened on the channel tomorrow night (Tuesday). MANA economic justice spokesperson John Minto says MANA is delighted the issue of child poverty is finally coming…
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MANA finds friends in strange places
Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA economic justice spokesperson John Minto says MANA is surprised to find friends in strange places with no less than 39% of major New Zealand company chief executives supporting a Financial Transactions Tax in the New Zealand Herald’s “Mood of…
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MANA Finds Friends in Strange Places
Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA economic justice spokesperson John Minto says MANA is surprised to find friends in strange places with no less than 39% of major New Zealand company chief executives supporting a Financial Transactions Tax in the New Zealand Herald’s “Mood of…
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Housing Assurances won’t stop destruction of a community
Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Kereama Pene, Press ReleasesMANA says assurances it was able to extract from Housing NZ today do nothing to reassure the people of Glen Innes about the future of their families and their community. MANA candidate for Tamaki Makaurau Pene Kereama who organised a…
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MPs pay rise outrageous says prospective MANA MP
Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA’s candidate for Manukau East John Minto says the 5% pay rise for MPs announced this morning is an outrage. “While working New Zealanders are struggling to get any increase in pay this year our MPs are set to receive an…
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Invisible man fails to appear at election forum
Posted on November 17, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesAfter 20 years missing in action the local MP for Manukau East failed to appear last night at the first candidate forum in the electorate. When it was announced that Ross Robertson was a “no show” (non appearance and no…
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