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Minto for Mayor Challenges Len Brown to Adopt Living Wage
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 12:09 pm | John Minto
“It’s time for Auckland City to step forward and adopt the living wage for everyone employed directly by the council as well as those employed by council contractors” says MANA Co-Vice President and MANA Candidate for Auckland Mayoralty John Minto. More >>
National MPs lead the way in driving property prices up
Saturday, 11 May 2013, 1:41 pm | John Minto
“If most New Zealanders have a love affair with home ownership then National MPs have a positive lust for property” says MANA candidate for the Auckland Mayoralty John Minto. More >>
Mayor caves in to government desire for speculator profits
Saturday, 11 May 2013, 11:59 am | John Minto
Land speculators and property developers can expect windfall profits from today’s announcement for fast-track approval of housing developments. More >>
Mayor caves in to government desire for speculator profits
Friday, 10 May 2013, 6:11 pm | John Minto
Land speculators and property developers can expect windfall profits from today’s announcement for fast-track approval of housing developments. More >>
13 more arrests defending state housing in Glen Innes
Friday, 2 November 2012, 9:19 am | John Minto
13 further arrests were made last night as the government moved two more state houses from Glen Innes with the aim to socially and ethnically cleanse areas of the suburb for high-cost housing. More >>
MANA Applauds EU Financial Transaction Tax
Friday, 26 October 2012, 9:50 am | John Minto
Ten countries of the European Union have this week taken the momentous step of agreeing to implement a Financial Transactions Tax. More >>
A Small Victory in the Battle for Glen Innes
Friday, 19 October 2012, 11:57 am | John Minto
For the first week in several months there were no state houses removed from Glen Innes this week. More >>
Social and ethnic cleansing in Glen Innes
Friday, 12 October 2012, 10:27 am | John Minto
“Disingenuous, dishonest and deceitful is how I’d describe Housing New Zealand’s defence of government policy in the wake of the arrest of Hone Harawira and other housing activists in Glen Innes last night” said Mana Vice President John Minto ... More >>
Harawira Arrested at Peaceful Protest
Friday, 12 October 2012, 8:10 am | John Minto
Harawira Arrested at Peaceful Protest Friday 12th October MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira has been arrested at a peaceful protest at Glen Innes. At approximately 11.30 pm on Thursday the 11th of October, members of the New Zealand ... More >>
MANA to support housing rally this evening
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 10:49 am | John Minto
MANA will be supporting a rally in Glen Innes this evening to oppose the ongoing destruction of the Glen Innes community by the mass removal of state houses. More >>
Hone Heke is waiting in the wings...
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 11:34 am | John Minto
MANA welcomes the Green Party announcement of three specific proposals to begin tackling the high New Zealand dollar. More >>
MANA renews appeal for a Financial Transactions Tax
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 9:41 am | John Minto
“On the back of another 100 jobs to be lost in Kawerau, MANA is renewing its call for the government to put in place a Financial Transactions Tax to dampen the destructive effects of the high New Zealand dollar” says MANA Vice President John Minto. More >>
Urewera two split and spirited out of Auckland
Saturday, 2 June 2012, 2:05 pm | John Minto
Late yesterday Tame Iti was spirited “out the back door” of Mt Eden prison without reference to his family or lawyer and transferred to Waikeria Prison. Earlier in the afternoon Rangi Kemara was transferred to Springhill Prison. More >>
New Zealand activist in flytilla arrested in Tel Aviv
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 9:05 am | John Minto
New Zealand activist Vivienne Porzsolt has been arrested in Israel (4.30 am Israel time July 12) as part of the "flytilla" going to Palestine. The flytilla consists of pro- Palestinian activists from all over the world flying into Tel Aviv ... More >>
Joining The 'Freedom Ride' Of Our Generation
Monday, 20 June 2011, 9:29 am | John Minto
Today New Zealander Harmeet Sooden flies from Auckland to join Freedom Flotilla 2 on its voyage to beat the Israeli siege of Gaza. Harmeet has a place on a Canadian vessel which is part of a 12-boat humanitarian mission loaded with medical aid for ... More >>
Peer’s non-appearance a win for BDS campaign
Friday, 7 January 2011, 12:53 pm | John Minto
GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND Private Bag 68905, Newton, Auckland. www.gpja.pl.net 7 January 2011 Media Release: Peer’s non-appearance a win for BDS campaign The failure of Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer to appear at the ASB tennis classic ... More >>
John Minto's Eulogy For Tom Newnham
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 11:19 am | John Minto
Tom Newnham QSO's funeral was held at the Mt Eden War Memorial Hall on Dominion Rd, opposite his home. In honour of Tom, singer songwriter Don McGlashan performed his iconic song Dominion Road. And here Scoop publishes a eulogy for Tom by John Minto. More >>
John Minto: Learning from Cuba
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 2:09 pm | John Minto
Ask most people about Cuba and they’ll tell you it’s a socialist country with Fidel Castro as head, big Cuban cigars, old 1950’s cars and great music courtesy of such groups as the Bueno Vista Social club. Except for Fidel, who has been replaced ... More >>
Soccer World Cup - not sport as we know it
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 11:35 am | John Minto
The Soccer World Cup in South Africa is underway but aside from the enjoyment of the games (Bravo the All Whites!) there is little else to celebrate as the full economic and social cost to the host country is becoming apparent while the predicted long-term ... More >>
Budget pays to enrich the wealthy
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 9:33 am | John Minto
Any rational discussion of the budget we might have hoped for was drowned out in a self-congratulatory chorus of government ministers and business leaders supported by largely uncritical media commentary. More >>
