Ae Marika

  • AE MARIKA! 9 July 2013

    Posted on July 10, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    Music may not be everything in life but the good stuff is like nectar from the gods, and last Thursday night Kaitaia got an overdose of the sweetness from four of the very best in a concert to celebrate Matariki,…

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  • Ae Marika! 2 July 2013

    Posted on July 2, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    Last week I had to go to a tangi down in Kaikohe for Raumati Para, Apotoro Wairua for Te Haahi Ratana and staunch MANA supporter. I first met Raumati properly during the Maori Party selection process in 2005. I was hugely…

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  • Ae Marika! 25 June 2013

    Posted on June 25, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    20 odd years ago a lady came all the way in to Kaitaia from Te Hapua to get a Special Needs Grant from the Labour Department … only to be told that the appointment had been changed and she’d have…

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  • Ae Marika! 18 June 2013

    Posted on June 18, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    Just got back from a week up in Alta, Norway where me, Cat Davis and Carwyn Jones from Kahungunu attended a World Indigenous Peoples Conference.It took us nearly two days to get there, and I know this may sound a…

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  • 11 June 2013, Ae Marika! Hone Harawira

    Posted on June 11, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    It’s been a couple of weeks since government announced how it was going to deal with the problem of child poverty, and I didn’t want to raise it any earlier in case they came up with something else because what…

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  • Ae Marika! 28 May 2013

    Posted on May 28, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    The Tai Tokerau iwi Chairs have established a technical working group to look into the pros & cons of mining. I raise a couple of concerns here. Mining companies’ treatment of indigenous people around the world is incredibly poor, and the…

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  • Ae Marika! 14 May 2013

    Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    Last Thursday 12 rangatahi met in Whangarei along with my staff (and with my daughter Ngahuia acting as facilitator), to choose someone to represent Tai Tokerau at the 2013 Youth Parliament. Most MPs just pick somebody but I wanted to…

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  • Ae Marika! 7 May 2013

    Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    Funerals are solemn occasions because they represent the passing away of loved ones, and here in the far north we’ve had a few lately of some very well-respected kaumatua and kuia, a couple of them in their mid 90’s. The…

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  • Ae Marika! 16 April 2013

    Posted on April 16, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika

    I get requests for assistance from as far away as Hong Kong and California, and not just from Maori either. They come from Pakeha, Pacifica and every other ethnic group you can think of … including Tarara! It’s almost impossible for…

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  • Ae Marika! 9 April 2013

    Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika, News

    On Saturday night I was privileged to host my first ever citizenship ceremony as a Member of Parliament. The ceremony was for a good friend of mine, Mike Kyriazopoulos and his wife Joanne. Mike is a mix of Greek and…

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