
Te Taitokerau – MP Hone Harawira
Posted on October 16, 2011 by MANA in Mana Candidate ProfilesHARAWIRA – Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene
Born in Whangarei, raised in West Auckland, and educated at St Stephens, I am the MP for Tai Tokerau and leader of the MANA Movement. I live in the far north, and I have wide tribal connections across the Tai Tokerau.
Over the past 25 years I have run a number of Maori organisations in the north, including the Aupouri Ngati Kahu Te Rarawa Trust, the Aupouri Mäori Trust Board, Te Reo Irirangi O Te Hiku O Te Ika, Te Wananga Reo o te Tai Tokerau, Te Wharekura o Te Rangi Aniwaniwa, and Tehiku Media.
I have been involved in the Maori rights movement for the past 40 years, as a member of Nga Tamatoa, during the occupation of Bastion Point; and as
leader of the Waitangi Action Committee, He Taua, the Patu Squad the Kawariki, and the Foreshore & Seabed Hikoi.
I helped set up the Mäori Party and won the Taitokerau in 2005 and held it in 2008.
I set up the MANA Movement in 2011, and won the Taitokerau seat in a by-election in April.
I led the Tobacco Inquiry which saw the introduction of world-leading legislation to limit and to ban tobacco in Aotearoa
Bunny and Gucci Ngaronoa says:
Post Author November 2, 2011 at 11:58 amKia ora,
Bunny is 4. Gucci is 3. My name is Aria and as their mum I am going to teach my girls that WAITANGI CLAIM 262 is as good as a national and international disclaimer and that on a governmental level they are threatened by the economic certainty it brings. On the other hand Maori think first of virtue over monetary value. Join my facebook MANA HAPU and join your land block in a private closed group. MANA HAPU will build Mana Whanau. First step to unity