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Retailers selling booze to minors must close
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 2:24 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia wants businesses caught selling alcohol to minors to lose their liquor licence permanently. More >>
Maori Party announces Ikaroa Rawhiti candidate
Monday, 26 July 2010, 10:44 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is pleased to announce its candidate who will run for the Ikaroa Rawhiti seat in next year's general elections. More >>
New Zealand Productivity Commission Bill
Monday, 26 July 2010, 10:12 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party supports this bill to establish a Commission to ensure a greater emphasis on productivity in both the private and public sectors. More >>
Food Bill - Hone Harawira, MP for Te Tai Tokerau
Monday, 26 July 2010, 10:10 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, from what I can tell, this bill talks about defining what is and isn't food; it talks about establishing clear steps in the food safety chain; it talks about providing greater consumer protection; and it talks about promoting positive ... More >>
Maori Party Welcomes Decision To Poke Out Pokies
Friday, 23 July 2010, 4:16 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has welcomed today's decision by Christchurch City Council not to grant Addington Raceway a pokie licence. "This is a bold and brave move by the council and I take my hat off to every single one of them who voted against the application," More >>
Public Works Amendment Bill: Second Reading
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:00 pm | The Maori Party
It seems entirely fitting as MP for Te Tai Tonga to have the last word in this debate, and I want to take us back to the words of the Waitangi Tribunal in 1991; that report that began with the now historic statement: More >>
Launch of the Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapu Strategy
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 2:54 pm | The Maori Party
By a wonderful synergy of fate, today while we gather to launch this very significant strategy, some of our most outstanding young people are gathering at parliament for the Aspiring Leaders Forum. More >>
Govt's anti-healthy food stance not winning public
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 2:24 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says the Government is failing to convince the public why GST should not be removed from healthy food. More >>
Consumer Guarantees Amendment Bill
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 1:09 pm | The Maori Party
Tēnā nō tātou katoa e te Whare. A simple browse of today’s TradeMe listings on Māori heritage would yield the following classic finds: with a starting price of $6, I could buy a vintage stereoscopic postcard of Māori children in Rotorua. ... More >>
Consumer Guarantees Amendment Bill
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 1:08 pm | The Maori Party
Tēnā nō tātou katoa e te Whare. A simple browse of today’s TradeMe listings on Māori heritage would yield the following classic finds: with a starting price of $6, I could buy a vintage stereoscopic postcard of Māori children in Rotorua. ... More >>
Rodney District Council Bill : First Reading
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 5:04 pm | The Maori Party
Rahui Katene; MP for Te Tai Tonga: The purpose of this legislation is to constitute Rodney District Council as a unitary authority. More >>
The Moral Crime of Child Poverty
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 4:15 pm | The Maori Party
The right to an adequate standard of living: focus on the right to social security, confirmed that recent policy initiatives show it is possible to reduce child poverty rates substantially over relatively short periods of time. More >>
Katene applauds people of Whakatu
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 3:01 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tonga Rahui Katene is applauding a Maori incorporation and marae in Nelson for getting recognition from the Human Rights Commission for running two of the country’s 12 best workplaces. More >>
Governor General Bill
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 9:53 am | The Maori Party
I find it ironic that today I am standing to support a bill requiring a person to pay taxes. More >>
Wealth Or Stealth?
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 9:36 am | The Maori Party
"If the Government wants a positive relationship with Maori in the Tai Tokerau then they can start by talking with them," Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira said. More >>
Harawira lauds the dumping of pokies in Horeke
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 9:23 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says it's great that the Horeke pub has dumped the pokie machines and he hopes others in Tai Tokerau might consider doing the same. More >>
Poroporoaki: Te Pura o te Rangi Parata
Monday, 19 July 2010, 12:51 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has today expressed her sadness at the passing of Te Pura o te Rangi Parata – a much loved and respected kaumatua and key advisor in the Maori community. More >>
Katene urges Govt to slash GST and save lives
Monday, 19 July 2010, 9:39 am | The Maori Party
Too many New Zealanders are dying because of nutrition related factors and that should be incentive enough for the Government to back a move which could turn the tide and save lives, Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says. More >>
Katene urges Govt to slash GST and save lives
Monday, 19 July 2010, 9:38 am | The Maori Party
Too many New Zealanders are dying because of nutrition related factors and that should be incentive enough for the Government to back a move which could turn the tide and save lives, Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says. More >>
Maori Party expresses concern over 90-day trials
Friday, 16 July 2010, 2:22 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is concerned about the impact the Government’s plan, to extend the 90-day trial to companies employing more than 20 workers, could have on Maori youth and adult workers. More >>
