What’s in an Oath?
Tomorrow parliament gets started with the swearing in of all MPs, which raises an issue that has quite some significance for me personally, and I think, for us as a nation, the oath of allegiance. When I came back to parliament after winning the Tai Tokerau by-election as the new MANA MP, the Speaker booted [...]
Gold Medal for Elvis
GOLD MEDAL FOR ELVIS 19 October 2011 Tauranga “Give Elvis a gold medal and hang the other bugger” said MANA leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Hone Harawira about today’s court cases in Tauranga for men charged with oil related incidents. , captain of the Whanau-a-Apanui fishing vessel San Pietro, is in court today [...]
Mana calling for remaining Tuhoe charges to be dropped
“Drop the rest of the charges” was the call from MANA leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira, as he made his way to the Auckland High Court this morning where charges against all but four of those arrested on October 13, 2007 are to be withdrawn. “The Police and Crown handling of [...]
AGM Outcomes – Mana Movement of the People
(Northland Age) On Saturday MANA held its inaugural AGM in Auckland. People came from all round the country, we had a great day and now we’re rolling on to the General Election in November as the free and independent voice for Maori, for workers and for the poor. If the poor voted for MANA we [...]
The Everywhere Man
Remember that song by John Hore, “I’ve been everywhere man”? Well this last week has been a bit like that. I’ve been to Ponsonby, Newmarket, Rangitukia, Ruatorea, Gisborne, Auckland, Napier, Hastings, Mangaroa, Kaikohe, Whangarei, Palmerston North, Tokoroa, Hamilton, Silverdale, Rotorua, Auckland, Whangarei, Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Wellington … and I’ve had a blast!! One of the stops [...]
New Party on the Block
Over 200 supporters from around the country converged on Wellington today to support the return of Mana Leader , Hone Harawira to parliament. Limited seating meant two thirds had to wait outside during the swearing in ceremony. In 2005, 2008 and again in 2011 Hone has pledged this same commitment to Tai Tokerau as the [...]
Moving Forward with Mana
Hone Harawira – Tai Tokerau MP and Leader of MANA – Thursday 14 July 2011 It’s been just over 2 months since we launched MANA to be a movement away from the politics of fear and compromise, a movement based on the authority of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the mana of both parties to [...]
Transferring the Vote
The agreement between me and the Maori Party included, at the request of the party, the right for them to cast my votes in my absence from the house. However, with most of my votes being more aligned with the Green Party, the Maori Party asked whether I wanted to transfer the right to cast [...]
Press Release – For Immediate Release
“The Crown mobilised their armed forces against Northern Maori in the 1840’s, they moved against the people of Parihaka in 1881, they did it again at Bastion Point in 1978, and now,” said Hone Harawira, Independent MP for the Tai Tokerau, “the Crown has ordered the Navy and the Air Force to move against Te [...]
When rich people fail, poor people pay…
“When rich people fail, poor people pay”, said Hone Harawira, Independent MP for Te Tai Tokerau, after government announced a bailout for AMI. “That’s the bitter lesson that ordinary Kiwis draw from previous government bailouts of finance companies like Allied Nationwide and South Canterbury Finance,” said Harawira. “And now what do we see? More bailouts – this [...]
