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Ae Marika! 18 March 2014
Posted on March 18, 2014 by admin in Ae MarikaThe weather wasn’t too flash on Saturday but it didn’t stop hundreds of people attending the opening of the new wharekai at Mataitaua marae in Utakura. They lost their last one in a fire about 8 years ago, but used…
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Ae Marika! 11 March 2014
Posted on March 11, 2014 by admin in Ae MarikaTomorrow my FEED THE KIDS Bill was finally due to come before the house but it’s been pushed down the order paper again, so the bill waits a little longer, and unfortunately the kids gotta wait a little longer as…
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Ae Marika! 4 Mar 2014 – Harawira
Posted on March 4, 2014 by admin in Ae MarikaWhen things are looking grim it can be hard to look on the bright side.Last week Treasury confirmed that the numbers of children living in poverty has increased from 270,000 to 285,000 and that’s grim news by anyone’s standards, and…
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Ae Marika! 25 Feb 2014
Posted on February 25, 2014 by admin in Ae MarikaA column published in the Northland Age By Hone Harawira MP for Te Tai Tokerau Leader of the MANA Movement 25 FEB 2014 In 2012 the Waitangi Tribunal ruled that the government had breached the Treaty of Waitangi by systemically failing to fund and support…
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Ae Marika! 18 February 2014
Posted on February 19, 2014 by admin in Ae MarikaSettling Treaty claims has become a very high pressure business, and as each settlement is concluded pressure mounts on those yet to settle, to do so. Settling Treaty-based grievances is a good thing, but even in the best of times,…
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Ae Marika! 10 December 2013 – Nelson Mandela
Posted on December 10, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaNELSON MANDELA was an icon to all who have struggled against oppression, whose light banished forever the darkness of apartheid, whose warmth overcame the bitterness of his enemies, and whose majesty touched the hearts of all people of colour Thank…
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Ae Marika! 3 December 2013
Posted on December 3, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaBeen a couple of weeks since the Taura Whiri Reo Maori Awards were held down in Gisborne but what an awesome night it was, with awards for the promotion of reo Maori right across the whole of society – community,…
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Ae Marika! 26 Nov 2013
Posted on November 26, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaWhen I first got to parliament I pushed hard to get rid of tobacco because of the devastating effect smoking had on my own whanau, and being an MP I naturally assumed that the best place to take it to…
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Ae Marika! 19 Nov 2013
Posted on November 19, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaLast week my FEED THE KIDS Bill due to finally come up in the house, but not!! … We started the day with interviews on TV1 and TV3 before hosting a breakfast for Natone Park School to promote the bill…
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Ae Marika! 12 November 2013
Posted on November 12, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaLast week Koroukore Marae in Ahipara was the scene of a very robust and vigorous discussion on deep sea mining. Reuben Porter had invited officials to come up to present the government’s plan to grant exploration licences in the Te Reinga…
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