Hone Harawira
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Freedom Fighter is Now Free
Posted on February 14, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesIt was great news today to hear that my brother from Tuhoe, Tame Iti, has been granted parole and will be released from prison by the end of the month. I sincerely hope that Tame enjoys his freedom and…
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No realistic action on Maori & Pacific Island Unemployment
Posted on February 13, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Not good enough,” said MANA Leader and Tai Tokerau MP, Hone Harawira, following the Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment’s inability to offer any realistic commitment to ending the appalling rate of Maori and Pacific unemployment. “That…
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Another call to deal with Poverty … now
Posted on February 13, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“The Sallies have highlighted the importance of facing up to rising poverty” said MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira following the release today of their state of the nation report The Growing Divide, “and I commend…
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Opposing Richard Prosser’s appeal to the house – Harawira
Posted on February 13, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesToday I opposed a request from Richard Prosser to make a personal statement to the house. I did so because if he has an apology to make for his offensive remarks to the Muslim community, then he can make his…
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Water means more than money – Harawira
Posted on February 1, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“172 years ago our ancestors signed an agreement to protect our rights to our ‘taonga’ – the Treaty of Waitangi. Today the New Zealand Maori Council, on behalf of all Maori, seeks the assistance of the Supreme Court of New…
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Is MANA MAORI a Possibility?
Posted on January 23, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“It’s nice to be wanted but being the leader of the Maori Party right now is like being the captain of the Titanic just before it smacks into the iceberg” said MANA Movement Leader and Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira,…
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Message to AirNZ: Please Drop Costs – Harawira
Posted on December 17, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“With Cyclone Evan causing death and destruction in Samoa, it’s time for our national airline to step up to the mark and ease the burden for worried whanau who live here in NZ” says MANA Leader and MP for Te…
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BIG UPS TO FONTERRA – BUT WHERE’S THE GOVERNMENT?
Posted on December 14, 2012 by admin in Feed the Kids, Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Great news” said Hone Harawira, Leader of MANA and MP for Te Tai Tokerau of Fonterra’s announcement that their Milk in Schools programme would be extended from its pilot in Northland schools to include all interested primary schools in the…
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Alcohol Law Reform a Big Disappointment – Harawira
Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Good enough to support, but could and should have been a hell of a lot better” said MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Hone Harawira, about the Alcohol Law Reform Bill up for its third and final reading…
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“A way to go yet” Harawira on water rights
Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“There’s a long way to go yet” said MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira on hearing that the New Zealand Maori Council had lost its case against the Crown in the High Court over Maori water…
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