Smith had a choice over Hone’s oath | National Business Review
Bryce Edwards | Friday July 15, 2011 Hone Harawira’s non-swearing in yesterday has predictably generated a lot of comment. While Harawira won’t be upset by the furore, the widespread assumption that this was a deliberate stunt aimed at getting him thrown out of parliament is almost certainly wrong. Andrew Geddis (What if Hone had crossed [...]
Gee, I’m really impressed with Hone Harawira | Taranaki Daily News
Rachel Stewart – 21/03/2011 Ten Reasons Why I Like Hone 1. No one else seems to. In my world when someone is universally disliked that’s often a sign that they are just telling the truth. The masses generally don’t like to hear truths so I figure Hone must be on to something. 2. He’s not [...]
The Voice of Reason | Northland Age
It would be deeply ironic if Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira were to be ejected from the MaoriParty for the opinion piece published by a Sunday newspaper nine days ago. The likelihood of his being evicted seems to be waning, although one would not become wealthy by betting on the Maori Party seeing reason, [...]
Crunch time for Maori grumbles | Hone Harawira
(Source | Hone Harawira – Sunday Star Times) A FEW MONTHS ago my daughter said to me, “Dad, you know I’ll always vote for you, but I just can’t bring myself to vote for the Maori Party any longer. I don’t like what I see your mates doing, so I’m gonna vote for the Greens.” [...]
2010: Minor government parties pay the price
by Tim Watkin (Pundit Blog) What was 2010 like for the smaller parties propping up this government? Not a lot of fun, really. Big holes were exposed in ACT, the Maori Party and United Future, which raise even bigger questions Power exacts a price. Of the three smaller parties with a role in government in 2010, [...]
Takutaimoana Bill Sumission | Ahipara
Whangatauatia te maunga Karirikura te moana Whaaro te Oneroa a Tohe te takutai Wairoa te awa Tinana te waka Tumoana te tangata Te Rarawa te iwi Tiheiwa mauriora Etahi o nga Hapu o Ahipara Ko Ngati Rua, Ngati Waiora, Ngati Pakahi, Te Patukirikiri, Te Parewhero, Te Tahawai, Ngati Moetonga, Te Rokeka, Ngati Moroki me Ngati [...]
Foreshore & seabed: Sinking… (Iwi Leaders reject Bill)
Foreshore & seabed: Sinking… It looks like prospects for the government’s Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill are sinking fast, with the Iwi Leadership Group – a clique of powerful iwi leaders – rejecting it: There is increasing division among Maori about it, with the leader of one of the most powerful tribes in [...]
How is this Bill different from the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004? (Te Karaka)
EXCERPT FROM TE KARAKA: How is this Bill different from the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004? Mark Solomon: It isn’t much different at all. I think the whole approach of the Government has been to continue this nonsense about the continuous contiguous exclusive and the only rationale behind that is to minimise what rights Māori [...]
Transcript: Willie Jackson & Hone
TRANSCRIPT STATION: Waatea DATE: 01/11/2010 TIME: 10.51am COMPERE: Willie Jackson INTERVIEWEE: Hone Harawira PROGRAMME: Pakkiwaha ITEM: Maori Party MP Hone Harawira and Jackson talk about independent Mana electorate candidate Matt McCarten. Harawira says he will be handing out pamphlets for McCarten at the Porirua train station. WILLIE JACKSON: Hone Harawira joins us. He probably just about [...]
Wild Hone: Parliamentary recesses can be dangerous times.
(by Jane Clifton) During recess, MPs are released from captivity into the wild. Instead of the sleep-deprived, artificially conditioned lab rats they’ve become, running the mazes of select committees and question time, they start to revert to exhibiting natural behaviour. So it was that Hone Harawira reverted to type, after two years’ unnatural experimental confinement [...]
