Press Releases
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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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Gang Insignia Ban Won’t Work – Harawira
Posted on August 15, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Banning gang insignia won’t reduce crime” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “This Prohibition of Gang Insignia in Government Premise Bill is nothing but an attempt to be seen to be doing the right thing, rather than actually doing the right…
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Electoral Commission Report on MMP
Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“Just who is the Electoral Commission protecting?” asks MANA Leader Hone Harawira in response to the Electoral Commission’s report on MMP. “Apparently voters need to be protected from themselves in case they support new political ideas or movements which might…
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Govt gets a #fail on progress towards UN’s Indigenous Rights Declaration (UNDRIP)
Posted on August 10, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press ReleasesOn the United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the MANA Movement of Aotearoa has released a scorecard measuring the New Zealand government’s three-year progress against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. New Zealand…
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A turkey calling for an early Xmas
Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“National calling for an early answer from the Waitangi Tribunal is like a Turkey calling for an early Xmas” said MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “They’re going to get a bad result so what’s the rush?” Harawira’s comment comes after Government asked…
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Low Quality and Low Expectations Dominate the “New Zealand Model of Charter Schools”
Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press Releases“Cost-cutting on teaching and on what it taught is the recipe private companies will use to make money from Charter Schools” comments MANA Vice President John Minto. “Associate Education Minister John Banks’ announcement today that the New Zealand Model of Charter…
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France make banks pay, NZ should follow suit
Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesFrance takes the lead in Financial Transactions Tax stakes Mana applauds the French government’s announcement of a Financial Transactions Tax in its budget released yesterday. It will levy a 0.2% charge on shares traded in companies with a capital value of greater…
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Mana Says No to Political Window-Dressing Bill
Posted on August 1, 2012 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMana has opposed the Sentencing (Aggravating Factors) Amendment Bill. “It’s disappointing we are the only party opposing this bill because it is nothing more than political window-dressing for the government” says MANA Vice President John Minto. The Bill aims to ensure that…
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“Tribunal says no deal” Harawira
Posted on July 30, 2012 by admin in Hone Harawira, Press Releases“This is the first significant step in shutting down the government’s plan to sell our power companies – and along with most Kiwis, I couldn’t be happier” said MANA Leader Hone Harawira. This afternoon the Waitangi Tribunal made an interim recommendation…
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