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Hone Harawira - Tax Rates: Budget Day
Friday, 25 May 2012, 10:21 am | Mana Party
“It’s well and truly time for this country to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “On the day of the budget, as a country we should be entering into a debate about what the top tax rate for New Zealand ... More >>
Bugger All For Maori
Friday, 25 May 2012, 9:15 am | Mana Party
“A sniff and a whiff, but bugger all else” was MANA Leader Hone Harawira’s assessment of what the Budget delivered for Maori. More >>
Mana Leader Condemns Sentencing of Urewera Four
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 9:57 pm | Mana Party
“Bloody ridiculous” said MANA Leader Hone Harawira in condemning the prison sentences handed down today in the case of the Urewera Four. “The judge simply picked the worst bits out of 67,000 pages of evidence to justify the most extreme ... More >>
Tax the Rich And Free the Poor
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 9:50 pm | Mana Party
Tax the Rich And Free the Poor Budget Speech Thursday 24 May 2012 MANA Leader and Tai Tokerau MP, Hone Harawira Kia ora Mr Speaker. We’ve heard what National’s budget will be for the next 12 months, but before we look forward I suggest we take ... More >>
Urewera: A Sad Day for Justice
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 2:01 pm | Mana Party
Today is a sad day for justice in Aotearoa. There is no way that Tame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara should have been jailed for two and a half years. The decision today is a case of history repeating itself. More >>
Just Another Neo-Liberal Failure
Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 9:39 am | Mana Party
“With 160,000 people unemployed, another 107,000 who can’t get enough work, half a million on less than $16 an hour, hundreds of thousands of kids and their families living in poverty while the 1% live high on the hog, we should be expecting big things ... More >>
Why the poor are becoming poorer
Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 9:15 am | Mana Party
“Once upon a time we were proud of having a health system that catered for everyone but now you pay for the privilege every step of the way” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira. More >>
Workers Win Again
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 6:19 pm | Mana Party
“Bloody great news” said MANA leader Hone Harawira when told that the AFFCO dispute had been settled. More >>
Ka Kite ACT
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 11:21 am | Mana Party
“First it was Don Brash. Second it was John Ansell. Now it is Louis Crimp – the man who has sex against trees.” More >>
MANA Vice-President in Court
Monday, 14 May 2012, 8:38 am | Mana Party
Mana Vice President John Minto is in court again today (Auckland District Court) on two charges of obstructing police during protests against the removal of state houses from Glen Innes. More >>
Te Waka Toi: Mainstreaming or Backsliding
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 4:49 pm | Mana Party
“Mainstreaming doesn’t work for Maori” said MANA leader Hone Harawira. “That’s why MANA is opposed to the bill that will disestablish Te Waka Toi and set up a single arts council with four Māori reps instead”. More >>
Our Assets, Our Future
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 9:27 am | Mana Party
Press Release MANA Leader Hone Harawira Thursday 10th May Our Assets, Our Future “Every once in a while an issue comes along that brings parties with widely different philosophies together” said MANA Leader Hone Harawira. “The Government’s plan ... More >>
Talley-Ban Campaign
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:32 pm | Mana Party
“Lifting the lockout on a few AFFCO workers wasn’t a goodwill gesture” said MANA leader Hone Harawira. “It was a nasty and spiteful decision to try to force workers to cave in to company demands or get their emergency benefits cut”. More >>
The Going Gets Tougher for Maori and Pacifica Students
Monday, 7 May 2012, 11:02 am | Mana Party
Mana wants to know what advice the Tertiary Education Minister Stephen Joyce received about the likely impact of his proposals for cuts in student allowance entitlements before he made them public last week. More >>
“Happy birthday MANA” states MANA President Annette Sykes
Monday, 30 April 2012, 2:30 pm | Mana Party
“Today MANA is one year old. In that time, MANA has gone from strength to strength, standing up for the little guy who no one gives a hoot about and sticking it to the right-wing, rich corporates who try and suck every cent from everyone else in their ... More >>
We’re Marching Again: Aotearoa is not for Sale
Monday, 23 April 2012, 5:18 pm | Mana Party
“I urge all Foreshore and Seabed marchers to join us again on a hikoi” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira. More >>
Bruised Community and Battered Protestors – Glen Innes
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 10:57 am | Mana Party
Statement by Vice President of MANA John Minto A Bruised Community and Battered Protestors – Glen Innes Last Night Wednesday 18th April The first state house left Glen Innes last night on the back of a truck with a massive police escort and left ... More >>
Talks need to replace Ethnic Cleansing in Glen Innes
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 9:51 am | Mana Party
Mana Vice-President John Minto is requesting that the Minister of Housing Phil Heatley call a four-week moratorium on the removal of state houses from Glen Innes. More >>
Harawira: Letter Of Support For Moerewa School
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 9:25 am | Mana Party
Kia ora Keri Please give everyone my apologies. I'd love to be there with you all, but I got an important Maori Affairs Select Committee meeting down Warkworth and I really can't afford to miss it. I know the day will go well - just like the streetwars, ... More >>
Domestic Violence is Going Up, Not Down
Friday, 13 April 2012, 3:51 pm | Mana Party
“Domestic violence is going up, not down” says MANA Leader Hone Harawira. The Minister of Police, Anne Tolley, stated last week that “...we [New Zealand] have safer communities and far fewer victims of crime”. More >>
