Speech to the closing of the 49th Parliament – MP Hone Harawira
Tena koe Mr Speaker, tena tatou katoa e te whare Me mihi ki te hunga mate, haere atu ra. Huri tu ki a mätou te kanohi ora. E te tuahine e Georgina, nga mihi ki a koe mo to aroha ki a mätou hakoa ko tëhea te paati, mënä he Maori te tangata, i reira [...]
Journey with No End – 3rd Reading | Marine and Coastal Area Bill
Tena tatou katoa e te whare Te tino rangatiratanga – ka ngaro i te ture nei Te mana o nga tangata whenua – ka ngaro i te ture nei Our sovereignty is lost under this law Our authority as people of the land is lost under this law Those words were spoken by a strong [...]
Taku Tahae Moana Bill aka My Stolen Seabed Act
Committee in the House – Marine and Coastal Area Bill Mr Chairman, I recommend that the word takutaimoana be removed from the title of the bill, because it’s inclusion insults the notion that the marine and coastal area bill will do anything to help Maori restore their rights to the takutaimoana, when in fact all [...]
Maori Party – wake up and smell the kaimoana before it’s too late!!
Part 3, Committee in the House – Marine and Coastal Area Bill Mr Chairman, members of both the National and Maori Parties have deliberately tried to disrupt the flow of my korero, particularly during Part 3 of this Marine and Coastal Area Bill, so as we turn to Part 4 I look to their being [...]
Make no bones. This is a Maori Party Bill
Part 3, Committee in the House – Marine and Coastal Area Bill Mr Chairman, as I turn to Part 3 of this Marine and Coastal Area Bill, I cannot help but notice how much has been made of the Maori Party’s statement yesterday that, and I quote the speaker from the Maori Party, “This bill [...]
Why, oh why is the Maori Party supporting this Bill
Part 2, Committee in the House – Marine and Coastal Area Bill Hone Harawira – Te Re o Motuhake o Te Tai Tokerau Mr Chairman, I think that it is important for all Maori people listening to this debate all round the country and watching these speeches on Parliament TV, that they are very, very [...]
Marine and Coastal Area Bill – Second Reading
Marine and Coastal Area Bill – Second Reading Hone Harawira, Te Reo Motuhake o Te Tai Tokerau Tuesday 8 March 2011 Tena koe Mr Speaker, and may I please begin my first formal speech in parliament as Te Reo Motuhake o Te Tai Tokerau, by extending my gratitude – To my immediate whanau, my wider [...]
Tobacco Point-of-sale Advertising – Rationale for Ban
3. HONE HARAWIRA (Māori Party—Te Tai Tokerau) to the Associate Minister of Health: What is the rationale behind the move to prohibit the display of tobacco products for sale in retail outlets? Hon TARIANA TURIA (Associate Minister of Health) : The Government is serious about saving lives and reducing harm caused by smoking. A growing [...]
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill
First of all, let me say that the Maori Party is not fundamentally opposed to government taking steps to ensure the security of our country, nor are we opposed to the use of technology to enhance that security. Furthermore, the Maori Party supports the principles of transparency, accountability, integrity, respect and confidentiality. But in terms [...]
Tobacco Inquiry Debate
Mr Speaker – I’d like to dedicate this short speech to some very special people. To Huhana Mihinui, who filed the Waitangi Tribunal claim to eliminate smoking among Maori; To Maori Marsden, Ngaitakoto elder, rangatira, tohunga, mentor, and orator – whose death from smoking made me so angry that I gave up the day he [...]
