Hone Harawira
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Halving Benefits an Insane Logic
Posted on September 11, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“How will chopping a parents benefit in half lead to better outcomes for their kids? How do those two things even fit together – it’s an insane logic”, says MANA leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira…
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Congrats to Labour – Harawira
Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Congrats to Labour” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “It’s great to hear David Shearer support calls for our kids to receive healthy food in schools in order to raise educational outcomes”. “Feed our Kids is a core MANA policy and I…
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Govt backdown a victory for the people
Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“About bloody time he realised how serious this is” said MANA Leader and Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira after watching the Prime Minister’s very formal, written delivery to the media this afternoon on the issue of Maori water rights. “It’s a far…
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Every tribe has a river – Harawira
Posted on August 29, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesThis morning I was asked to speak to a group of young people about MANA’s position on Maori water rights. This is what I said … A few years ago Moana Jackson said “every tribe has a river” and in that short statement…
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Bring the Troops Home and Feed the Kids
Posted on August 28, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Having my ‘Feed the Kids’ bill go into the ballot on the same day as the Children’s Commissioner is calling for exactly the same thing doesn’t give me any vindication” says MANA Leader and Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira. “I’d…
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“Elegant Solutions” Mean Nothing for Maori
Posted on August 28, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“When John Key promised an ‘elegant solution’ to the problem about Maori rights to water, he suggested the deal he struck with the Maori Party over the Marine and Coastal Area Bill as a model” said MANA Leader Hone Harawira…
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The Government Needs to Stop and Listen
Posted on August 24, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“This government needs to stop in their tracks with their plan to sell state assets right now” says MANA leader Hone Harawira following the release of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Interim Report on the National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources Claim…
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Bring the Troops Home – Harawira
Posted on August 22, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesBy Hone Harawira, Mana Party leader Today I spoke to the motion regarding those who have recently died in Afghanistan. I began with a mihi and ended in a similar vein. My comments in English were as follows: “Mr Speaker last week a…
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Plain packaging a win in the fight against Big Tobacco in Australia
Posted on August 16, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesAUSTRALIA GETS GOLD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO “Australia didn’t do too well at the Olympics, but they get a Gold Medal for beating the tobacco giants in the plain-packaging debate” said MANA leader Hone Harawira. Harawira was referring to an Australian…
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John Key a “sad fullah” – is 15c more too much to clean the PM’s office?
Posted on August 16, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesIS 15c TOO MUCH MORE TO CLEAN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE? “Who earns $400,000 a year and has investments of $50 million, but won’t pay his cleaner more than $13.85 an hour? Answer – John Key. What a sad fullah” said…
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