Mana | Movement of the People

Ae Marika! In SOLI-darity

Back in 1981, Kihei “Soli” Niheu flew into Aotearoa to march with us to Waitangi. Soli was a Hawaiian activist. He’d met Maori activists at the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific conference in Hawaii the year before and wanted to…

Declaration of Independence

New Manufacturing Inquiry website to take submissions

The leaders of four political parties are calling on New Zealanders to find out more about the joint-Parliamentary inquiry on manufacturing and make submissions by visiting the new website. The Labour Party, the Green Party, New Zealand First and MANA…

MANA in Parliament, 21-23 August

He aituā The week in Parliament started with a Government Motion on the deaths of Corporal Luke Tamatea, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, and Private Richard Harris in Afghanistan on Sunday. Hone spoke to the motion and alongside his mihi to the…

MANA in Parliament, 31 July – 2 August

This week a number of bills went through committee stage in Parliament. In this stage, each part and clause of a bill is debated and voted on, and, once completed, bills are sent back to Parliament for a third and…

Makin’ it EEZ to Desp-oil Our Beaches

“New Zealand is one step closer to opening up our seabed for offshore drilling” says MANA Party Leader Hone Harawira following the second reading of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Continental Shelf Bill. “For the second time in a…

MOM’s Already in Trouble

“The Mixed Ownership Model Act isn’t even one day old, and already government’s plan to privatise state assets is in trouble” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira on hearing that the Supreme Court had ruled that the Crown does not own…

Tally ban continues in Te Hiku

Te Hiku Mana members are pleased that the 3 month lock out against Affco workers is over and that the workers can return to work. However, Te Hiku Mana members will continue to boycott Talley products for 3 months until…

Education key to discouraging smoking

EDITORIAL Back in 1990, Quitline posted a calculator to give smokers an opportunity to see what they would save by not smoking. It gave as an example someone who had a five-a-day habit not smoking for 484 days saving $1358. We used…

Mixed Ownership Model Submission by Jane Kelsey

Submission on Mixed Ownership Model Bill