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Health System in a state of Ill-health
Friday, 8 September 2006, 1:05 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party health spokesperson, Tariana Turia, has today spoken out about the decision by the Auckland region’s District Health Boards to award the contract for the provision of community laboratory services to Labtests Auckland. “The call from 100,000 New ... More >>
Hone Harawira: Employment Relations Amendment Bill
Friday, 8 September 2006, 10:12 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, a couple of months back, on the International Day of Justice for Cleaners, I asked the Deputy Prime Minister, what level of wage and salary increase would he recommend for cleaners, including those who cleaned our offices here in Parliament? ... More >>
Maori Party Has 'Had Enough' of Disruption
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 3:52 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today issued a statement of protest at the deplorable state of behaviour recently exhibited between Labour and National parties. More >>
Tariana Turia - Human Rights Amendment Bill
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 11:41 am | The Maori Party
I want to say, I couldn’t help but agree with Judith Collins and Ron Mark in the issues that are associated with Nancy Wake. It makes this Bill (the Human Rights, Women in Armed Forces, Amendment Bill) look hypocritical in that here we are talking ... More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell - Speech
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 11:38 am | The Maori Party
This Bill cuts to the heart of many fundamental principles in our society. Right up there, is the rightof every child to be free from sexual exploitation and abuse. More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell - Speech
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 10:50 am | The Maori Party
Would we find that the intention to empower the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association Inc to sell its interests in the Invercargill Showgrounds, or any other land it may acquire, was really just another metaphor for land confiscation or alienation ... More >>
Hone Harawira Speech On Insolvency Bill
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 10:47 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, last night, while we were discussing the Insolvency Bill, it seems we forgot some really important statistics, SO, being ever helpful, the Maori Party humbly brings the following information before the House to help us understand the ... More >>
Gen. Debate: Flavell 'Bridging Cultural Spheres'
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 4:19 pm | The Maori Party
Over the last month, the nation has been engrossed in debates which at its very heart, demonstrate the significance of the relationship between tangata whenua and other New Zealanders. More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell: Standards and Conformance Bill
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 11:57 am | The Maori Party
Te Ururoa Flavell; Member for Waiariki As this Bill has moved up the Order Paper, a release issued from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, described the commitment of both Governments to the establishment of the Australia ... More >>
Hone Harawira: Insolvency Law Reform Bill
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 12:00 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, this Bill assumes we need change because the current insolvency law framework isn’t working properly, and that everyone is losing out, particularly with the growing number of businesses going under. And so Mr Speaker, as with every other ... More >>
Statement from Tariana Turia and Dr Pita Sharples
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 1:28 pm | The Maori Party
“At last week’s caucus meeting, we had agreed that the Maori Party would not make any further comment on the Ingram Report” said Mrs Turia, co-leader of the Maori Party. “This was the position that we consistently advised the media last ... More >>
STUNNED! A column by Hone Harawira
Saturday, 2 September 2006, 3:47 pm | The Maori Party
September 1, 2006 Te Reo o Te Tai Tokerau A column by Hone Harawira Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau STUNNED! Today the NZ Police begin a year-long trial of the taser gun in Auckland and Wellington - read that as South Auckland and Porirua. Northland ... More >>
Fisheries Announcement Greeted With "Big Grin"
Saturday, 2 September 2006, 3:02 pm | The Maori Party
The announcement that Te Ohu Kaimoana this week approved the allocation of a share of the Maori Fisheries Settlement to Te Rarawa, was greeted with a big grin from the Maori Party’s Tai Tokerau MP, Mr Hone Harawira. More >>
Maori Party Celebrates Iwi Saver Initiatives
Friday, 1 September 2006, 1:56 pm | The Maori Party
“It’s 1 September, spring is in the air, and iwi are doing some excellent work in creating opportunities for their people’s future,” said Hone Harawira, Finance Spokesman for the Maori Party. “At a time when Maori society is under scrutiny, ... More >>
Maori Party Celebrates Gamble-Free Day
Friday, 1 September 2006, 11:19 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today welcomed Gamble-free day as a day to signal a new start, an appropriate way in which to welcome the warmth of spring. “Our people always look to this time with great optimism” said Tariana Turia, Co-leader, Maori Party. “We ... More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell: Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill
Friday, 1 September 2006, 10:09 am | The Maori Party
In his submission to the Waitangi Tribunal in June 2003, Professor Hirini Moko Mead of Ngati Awa raised the concept of Te Whakahoki Whenua - the return of the land. More >>
Turia: Weathertight Homes Bill
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 4:54 pm | The Maori Party
In the mid eighties, a Te Awamutu lad, Neil Finn, created a band, which produced one of the all-time favourite New Zealand songs. More >>
'Maori Party Celebrates Poll Results'
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 3:59 pm | The Maori Party
The rising popularity of the new cab on the rank, as demonstrated in the latest Herald DigiPoll survey, was greeted with great excitement by the "mighty Maori Party" today. More >>
Flavell on Lord Cooke of Thorndon's Death
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 2:26 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today shared in the tributes that are being paid to one of Aotearoa's most influential judges, The Right Honourable Sir Robin Brunskill Cooke, The Lord Cooke of Thorndon. More >>
Hone HarawiraSpeech: Kiwisaver Bill: Third Reading
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 10:35 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, last week, I spoke about the importance of our having an Iwisaver Bill, because as the independent Maori voice in parliament, the Maori Party is committed to saving iwi, saving hapu, and saving whanau. More >>
