Press Releases
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MANA raises concerns about Vulnerable Children Bill
Posted on September 17, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“MANA supports any measure to protect children from abuse” says Hone Harawira, MANA leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau. “And on that basis, we’ll support the government’s Vulnerable Children Bill to select committee. “But there’s a whole range of problems…
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Harawira: New charter schools for Maori in the North
Posted on September 17, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“I’ve got mixed emotions about government announcing the funding of the first five charter schools” said MANA leader and Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira. “I know how hard it is trying to meet the exacting standards set by the Ministry of…
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Wellington Regional Candidate Calls for “Maximum Salary” Cap – Ariana Paretutangaui-Tamati
Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin in Ariana Paretutangaui-Tamati, Press ReleasesFor more info visit Ariana 4 Wellington Council MANA candidate for Wellington Regional Council, Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati, would push for a “maximum salary” for Councillors and senior-management staff, as well as a minimum “living-wage” to increase pay for low-paid staff. Wellington City Council…
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MANA Wellington Local Body Policy
Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin in Ariana Paretutangaui-Tamati, Press ReleasesFor more info visit this our Ariana for Wellington page. Overall The purpose of local government in Wellington will be to provide for social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing. All people should be able to democratically participate in all decisionmaking. Local and Regional…
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Len Brown’s Unitary Plan fails to address housing crisis
Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesEvery Aucklander knows we have a housing crisis but just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse comes the news that the average Auckland house price rose by 13.1% to $652,129 in the 12 months to August this year…
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Collapse of Learning Media: Government continues to fail to protect what we value
Posted on September 6, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Once again the government has failed to protect the things that New Zealand parents and kids value” said Hone Harawira, MANA leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau, about the closure of the state-owned company Learning Media who have produced…
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Regional Council Candidate says “NZ Bus Deserves to Lose Contract” – Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati
Posted on September 4, 2013 by admin in Ariana Paretutangaui-Tamati, NewsNZ Bus, which has the contract to provide “public transport” bus services in the Wellington region, deserves to lose its contract with the Regional Council “if it doesn’t pull its socks up immediately”, says the Mana Party candidate for Wellington…
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Maori Party and National gunning for the Council
Posted on September 3, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, News, Press Releases“The New Zealand Maori Council continues to be a thorn in the side of the government,” said MANA Leader and MP for Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira, “so John Key has got the Minister of Maori Affairs to do a review…
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Public’s right to stop oil drilling must be protected
Posted on September 2, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Not only is the government giving overseas oils giants an open invite to drill and mine our seas, they now want the deals kept secret from the public” says Hone Harawira, MANA leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau. The…
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GSCB still refusing to name the 88 NZ citizens illegally spied on
Posted on August 23, 2013 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesHone Harawira, Leader of MANA and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Friday 23 August 2013 “No I don’t feel reassured,” said Hone Harawira, Leader of MANA and MP for Te Tai Tokerau, following Minister Finlayson’s claim that Mr Harawira and fellow…
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