John Minto
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MANA Movement – Economic Justice Policy Release
Posted on October 25, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA will announce its economic justice policy on Thursday at 10am in Aotea Square Auckland. Our policies will bring hope to families and communities consigned to unrelenting hardship by 27 years of vicious policies which have enriched the few at the…
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Pokies to be gone under MANA
Posted on October 25, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesPokies will be gone by Christmas under MANA The Manukau East candidate for the MANA movement John Minto says pokie machines in the electorate will be gone by Christmas if MANA wins next month’s election. “I’ve spoken at many meetings in the…
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MANA tax on junk food has European precedents
Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesAnother Mana movement tax proposal has been implemented in Europe. “Following France and Germany announcing last month their support for a “Hone Heke” Financial Transactions tax, other European countries are implementing a tax on junk food,” says Mana Economic Justice spokesperson…
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John Key caught out lying about credit downgrade
Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesPrime Minister John Key is not only in denial about New Zealand’s credit downgrade but he is also lying to New Zealanders for nasty political motives says Mana Economic Justice spokesperson John Minto. “John Key claimed last week that he was…
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PM takes Cleaner to the Cleaner
Posted on October 6, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA SAYS ALL WORKERS DESERVE AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR – EVEN PM’S CLEANER MANA spokesperson for Economic Justice, John Minto says PM’s cleaner deserves $15 per hour now. He says MANA believes the working poor deserve $15 per hour minimum wage…
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MANA will reverse ACT’s brutal Voluntary Student Membership attack on Tertiary Students
Posted on September 29, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA education spokesperson John Minto says if MANA MP’s are see that ACT led vicious attack on them is reversed with a repeal of legislation which makes student association membership voluntary. Mr Minto says student associations play a vital role as…
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Mana calls for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan in wake of another NZ death
Posted on September 29, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA’s thoughts are with the whanau of Lance Corporal Leon Smith who has died fighting in Afghanistan but MANA also demands New Zealand troop withdrawal from this foreign war said MANA Foreign Affairs spokesperson John Minto. “Prime Minister John Key has…
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MANA repulsed at Govt Abuse of Students
Posted on September 28, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA education spokesperson John Minto says the government should listen to University Students, not bully and threaten them. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10754706 He says tertiary education minister AnneTolley’s threatening of University Students to ‘keep their heads down’ as a response to their legitimate concerns…
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MANA Supports Students
Posted on September 28, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesEducation spokesperson John Minto says the direct action being taken by students around the country against measures which will wreck havoc to their student union organization has the full backing of MANA. Mr Minto says this time of the year is…
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New Zealand troops should withdraw from “insane” war
Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA’s foreign affairs spokesperson John Minto says the view of prominent Pakistani politician and former cricket captain Imran Khan that New Zealand is involved in an “insane” war in Afghanistan should prompt an urgent reappraisal by our government and withdrawal…
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