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Harawira speaks out on gambling controversy
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 1:23 pm | The Maori Party
"Letting pokie operators decide whether a community should have them, is like letting burglars decide whether communities should take the locks off their windows," said Hone Harawira, Maori Party Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau , "and if this ... More >>
Dr Pita Sharples: Securities Bill
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 9:47 am | The Maori Party
This Bill seeks to restore an exemption for local authorities to the current Securities Act disclosure regime. More >>
Ae Marika: The indigenous classroom – part 2
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 9:44 am | The Maori Party
Walkabout one week, pow-wow the next. Where’s our Hone off to next? Watch out for the ‘Luau’ next week and then that’ll be my lot for the year. But I’ve learned heaps and I am hugely grateful to those who supported my going up to California for ... More >>
Questions - Rights of indigenous peoples
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 9:42 am | The Maori Party
9. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—Government Support Wednesday 12 September 2007 More >>
Sharples: Agricultural Compounds Bill
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 9:39 am | The Maori Party
It is an interesting co-incidence that this Bill, the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Bill, is being discussed on the day that the Law Commission, Te Aka Matua o te Ture, has released their issues paper, entitled Presentation of ... More >>
Harawira: He Poroporoaki - Haere E Te Rangatira
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 4:26 pm | The Maori Party
Syd Jackson was a founding member of Nga Tamatoa, who people of my generation and older, will remember, as that radical Maori group back in the 70s, who fought for Maori to be taught in schools, and who dared to say that Maori had Treaty rights. More >>
Hone Harawira: Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 10:30 am | The Maori Party
I had better start off by saying that the Maori Party will support this Misuse of Drugs (Classification of BZP) Amendment Bill going forward to a select committee, but I have to say that I am absolutely amazed at the hypocrisy of the people in this ... More >>
Harawira: Property Law Bill
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 9:25 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, Clause 8 of this Bill explicitly states that: “The Bill does not apply to Maori customary land”. And so one may be forgiven in thinking the Bill has general application only; and may therefore escape the rigorous scrutiny of analysis this ... More >>
Flavell: International Finance Amendment Bill
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 9:24 am | The Maori Party
I understand that this Bill is intended to amend the International Finance Agreements Act of 1961, so that New Zealand can become a member of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and to ratify the Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment ... More >>
Flavell: Statutes Amendment Bill
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 9:21 am | The Maori Party
A week ago we were debating this latest omnibus Bill to come before the House - bringing together issues as wide ranging as endangered species, real estate agents, lawyers and conveyancers, and volunteers all in one heap of amendments. More >>
Flavell: Property Rights Amendment Bill
Wednesday, 12 September 2007, 9:17 am | The Maori Party
There are few Bills which come before the House which reflect our desire to live according to kaupapa handed down by our ancestors as perfectly as this, the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Amendment Bill. More >>
Ae Marika: Haere e te Rangatira
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 9:40 am | The Maori Party
Some years back I was asked who the people were who’d had an influence on me. I started thinking about it and ended up with a huge list which I had to cut back so I didn’t look like some dork who needed everybody else to run his life for him. More >>
The Enduring Trauma of Agent Orange highlighted
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 9:38 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party has today stated it is using the opportunity of the state visit of the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to highlight the toxic legacy left by exposure to Agent Orange, both at home and in Viet Nam. More >>
Sharples: Lawyers strengthening Maori communities
Friday, 7 September 2007, 4:01 pm | The Maori Party
Today in Australia, is National Threatened Species Day – a national event held every year to encourage Australians to conserve their unique native fauna and flora. And I wondered whether the gathering I was attending today, was extending the close ... More >>
Harawira: Broadcasting Amendment Bill
Friday, 7 September 2007, 10:01 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, this Broadcasting Amendment Bill, gives the House a good opportunity to look back on the first principles of broadcasting in Aotearoa, and when I talk principles, I’m talking about those Treaty principles that both NZ First, and Labour, ... More >>
Flavell: Independent Police Conduct Authority Bill
Friday, 7 September 2007, 9:54 am | The Maori Party
At the Committee stages of this Bill, I spoke of a Wing at the Royal New Zealand Police College named after my relation, Mita Hikairo Mohi. Just over a month ago, seventy-five new police officers graduated from Wing 241. More >>
Establishment of Universities of Technology Bill
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 10:24 am | The Maori Party
Education (Establishment of Universities of Technology) Amendment Bill Wednesday 5 September 2007 Tariana Turia, Co-leader, for the Maori Party Tena tatou katoa. More >>
Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Bill
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 10:22 am | The Maori Party
Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill Wednesday 5 September 2007 Tariana Turia , Member of Parliament for Te Tai Hauauru More >>
Te Wananga o Aotearoa: Marae, Stokes Valley
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 10:09 am | The Maori Party
Te Wananga o Aotearoa : Koraunui Marae, Stokes Valley Bachelor of Social Work Students Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party Wednesday 5 September 2007 More >>
Flavell: Minimum Wage (New Entrant) Bill
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 9:38 am | The Maori Party
Four years ago, Radio Waatea carried an interview with a passionate union activist, a veteran broadcaster, employer, Board director, Maori rights campaigner, Chief Executive – a man of Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Porou, the freedom fighter Syd Jackson. More >>
