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Flavell Speech: Climate Change Response Amendment

Friday, 10 November 2006, 8:43 am | The Maori Party

Mr Speaker, the emails came in fast and furious after the second reading of the Climate Change response amendment Bill on the 25th October. One email was particularly vivid in its response, and I quote: More >>

Flavell Speech: Ngati Mutunga, Second Reading

Thursday, 9 November 2006, 5:00 pm | The Maori Party

Not, with Ngati Mutunga. Wednesday 6 September 2006 was a marker in Ngati Mutunga history. It was the first time Ngati Mutunga had ever dealt directly with an arm of Parliament. It was also the exact day that 141 years earlier, the Crown had wrongfully ... More >>

Flavell Speech: Subordinate Legislation Bill

Thursday, 9 November 2006, 3:51 pm | The Maori Party

As we do when you are in Parliament, I try to get to grips with the Bills we consider. For this one, I started with the term “subordinate” It is an interesting word. It can mean: More >>

Sharples: Reduction in Numbers of MPs Bill

Thursday, 9 November 2006, 2:52 pm | The Maori Party

The electoral system of representation in Aotearoa, has, since 1867, been founded on a notion of dual constituencies. The nation is divided into 62 general electorates and seven Maori electorates; enabling representation of both the general population ... More >>

Sharples: Sale of Liquor Amendment Bill

Thursday, 9 November 2006, 11:10 am | The Maori Party

The Health Research Council in its 1999 study, Te Iwi Maori me te Inu Waipiro, said everything we need to know about our rationale for supporting this Bill. The first two sentences of that resource are definitive; and I quote: “Prior to contact with ... More >>

Flavell: Rotorua Library Trust Fund Variation Bill

Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 4:53 pm | The Maori Party

There are times that I have looked forward to as an elected Member of Parliament, where progress is going to be achieved, and you know that the members of your constituency will directly benefit. This is one of those times. More >>

Sharples: MMP at Work - The role of parties

Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 4:34 pm | The Maori Party

NZ Business and Parliament Trust; Legislative Council Chamber Wednesday 8 November 2006; 3pm Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party “MMP at Work - The role of political parties in the MMP environment in Parliament; effectiveness and limitations” More >>

General Debate: Repealing Foreshore and Seabed Act

Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:38 pm | The Maori Party

When we plot the path to nationhood, the events of June 2003 are etched in our memory. More >>

Government Rides Roughshod Over Iwi, Again

Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 3:31 pm | The Maori Party

Member of Parliament for Tamaki Makaurau, Dr Pita Sharples, today asked questions in the House of the Prime Minister, as to the secret dealings of the Labour Government regarding a proposed Stadium Aotearoa. More >>

Flavell: Crimes of Torture Amendment Bill

Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 10:10 am | The Maori Party

The reality of people who have suffered the fate of systematic and brutal murder, slaughter, human rights abuse, physical and mental oppression, dis-possession and extermination – the Crimes of Torture – is readily available through reading ... More >>