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Kereama Pene to run for Tamaki Makaurau

IN TE REO MAORI AND ENGLISH

Ka Tu te Rangatiraa Kereama Pene mo Tamaki Makarau: Mana Ki Runga

He Apotoro I te Hahi Ratana, He uri o Nagti Whatua,ka tu aKereama Pene mo te turu Maori o Tamaki Makarau mo te Ropu Mana.Kei te koreroana a Kereama ki tetahi o nga Rangatira o te Hahi Morehu,a,Hererangi Meihana mewetahi o nga Kaumatua o Ngati Whatua tae noa atu ki te Kingi a Kingi Tuheitiapana ki te kaupapa o tona tu kei Tamaki

“I te wiki e pahure ana I whakahaere ana au te hui mate o tepapa o te Kingi, a, Whatumoana, i te tangi ra ka tuku te Kingi tona Tautoko kiahau mo toku nei tu I Tamaki Makarau”

Mo te nuinga o tona ora ka tu a Kereama ki te whawhai mo teTiriti me te tinorangatiratanga o nga tangata Whenua, I awhingia e ia a EvaRickard mo Raglan Golf Course, ka tu e ia i te taha o te Rangatira a Matiu Ratamo te pumautanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi kei roto I nga Ture o te Paremata IAotearoa

Kei te awhi e ia te hanga o te whawhai o Takaparawhau moNgati Whatua I mua I te aroaro o teTiripunia o Waitangi. Ko e ia tetahi o nga kaituhituhi o te kereme tuatahi I tetau kotahi mano iwa rau waru tekau ma toru

“I runga I te hikoi mo te Takutai Moana ka tuku a Joe Hawkeki ahau te kara o Takaparawhau i te kawe ai I runga I te piriti o Tamaki. Kahoki mai te honore ki ahau I tenei wiki,a, ka whakahoatu ano te kara ki ahaukia mau ai I runga I taku hikoi ki te paremata”

“I te tau kotahi mano waru rau wha tekau ka tuku a Ngati Whatua nga whenua mo te Taone o Tamaki keiraro I te manakitanga o te whakaaro e rua nga iwi, kotahi te Ao,mena ka whiwhi ai te turu o Tamaki keite weroana au ki te karauna whaka honore ai koutou te wairua o tera tuku.”

Ka mea atu e ia ko te kaupapa o tona huri ki te roopu Mana ,kua ngaro hoki a Reipa me te Pati Maori te wairua me nga tikanga o te iwiMaori. Ka tu enei taonga I te Roopu Mana

“I rangoa ana ahau nga kupu o Hone Harawira, kei te mate iamo te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko tera te korero e karanga nei au, ko te kaha me te ihi o tatou nei Tumuaki”

KEREAMA PENE MANA CANDIDATE FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU.

Ratana Church Minister and descendant of Ngati Whatua OOrakei iwi, Kereama Pene is MANA’s candidate for the Maori seat of TamakiMakaurau.

Kereama says he has spoken with members of the Ratana movementincluding its leader, Harerangi Meihana, Ngati Whatua elders and Maori KingTuheitia of his reasons for standing to represent MANA in Tamaki Makaurau.

“A week ago I was given the honour of officiating at thetangi of the King’s father Whakamoana Paki where I received the endorsement of KingiTuheitia of my decision to stand for MANA in Tamaki Makaurau.

“Receiving such endorsements from my rangatira is important. It is from those endorsements that I willdraw strength in putting myself forward to represent Tamaki Makaurau in thenext parliament.”

Kereama Pene has a lifetime history of protesting for Maoriland rights including standing with Eva Rickard at Raglan who foughtsuccessfully for the return of the Raglan Gulf course in the 1970’s and also insupporting Matiu Rata in his battles to have the Treaty of Waitangi honouredand enshrined in New Zealand’s legislation.

He helped draft the Bastion Point Treaty of Waitangi claim forNgati Whatua in 1983 and is a signatory of the first treaty settlement in NewZealand which arose from that claim.

“On the Foreshore and Sea Bed hikoi to parliament in 2004, JoeHawke asked me to carry the Bastion Point occupation flag across the HarbourBridge. I am very honoured that he will again pass theflag to me to carry during my campaign to win the Tamaki Makaurau seat forMANA.

“In 1840 Ngati Whatua gifted much of the land on which thecity of Auckland has been built to the Nation in the spirit of partnershipwhich is embodied in the Treaty of Waitangi and as a member of Ngati Whatua iwiif elected to parliament I would work to ensure that partnership is honoured,” KereamaPene says.

He says after being an active member of both Labour and theMaori parties he has turned to MANA because it represent kaupapa values boththose parties have espoused in the past but not lived up to.

“I heard Hone Harawira say in one of his first speeches thathe would be prepared to die for the Treaty and that’s what led me to get behindMANA and its passionate and committed leader.”

For further Information contact:

Piki Manuel 02102616397

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Peter Verschaffelt 0221055044