maori party Archive

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  Privatisation in education legislation

  
  
  
  The word opposition doesn’t always describe Labour’s voting patterns. In fact, Labour have voted with National almost exactly as often as the Maori Party, even though Labour is the official opposition, and the Maori Party is actually part of the Government! [For the political junkies, Labour have voted with National 12 times at first readings, and [...] read more
  March 19, 2010 2:46 pm - 17 Comments
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  Goff delivers wedge to split the left

  
  
  
  For all the indignation at the response to his speech , what did Goff expect whanau and hapu would hear in it? He starts with a criticism of Hone, he attacks the Maori Party, he promotes unjust treaty settlements and he defends the discriminatory foreshore legislation. And all delivered to a predominately Pakeha audience. How could [...] read more
  December 1, 2009 10:14 am - 50 Comments
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  Fancy that. Kiwis hate National’s ETS

  
  
  
  It was no surprise to me to find this morning a new ShapeNZ poll shows Kiwis overwhelmingly reject National’s proposed changes to the ETS. Eighty-two percent of National voters believe emitters should pay for any emissions in excess of New Zealand’s agreed limit under the Kyoto treaty, not taxpayers. Among Maori Party voters this rises to ninety-one percent. read more
  November 2, 2009 9:18 am - 12 Comments
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  Gutting ACC: What a shambles!

  
  
  
  I’m planning to do a series of frogblog posts on National’s plans to gut ACC, highlighting the devastating impact of each of them on people who have been injured and their families. But before I even got to post the first one, ACC Minister Nick Smith has revealed how badly National has politically managed their pernicious [...] read more
  October 15, 2009 5:52 pm - 28 Comments
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  The ETS, power prices and income compensation

  
  
  
  The Maori Party seems to be having difficulty getting the National Party to agree to raising the core benefit to compensate for higher electricity and transport fuel prices under the ETS. read more
  September 16, 2009 12:35 pm - 16 Comments
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  Foreign Affairs is a million shades of grey

  
  
  
  I was wading through the agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia New Zealand Free Trade Area a few weeks ago – a little light reading for a Frog. Looks like New Zealand will be doing business with Burma (or Myanmar as the military dictators refer to Burma). Green MP Dr Kennedy Graham spoke about this in [...] read more
  May 6, 2009 2:58 pm - 8 Comments
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  Labour MIA at the Maori representation hui

  
  
  
  The hui at Orakei Marae today was excellent. Ngati Whaatua put out the call for Maori in Tamaki Makaurau to gather to consider what should be done next to oppose the government’s rejection of guaranteed Maori seats on the new Auckland unitary council. They have decided to hold a hikoi on 25 May, [...] read more
  April 15, 2009 4:01 pm - 246 Comments
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  The biggest Maori urban population shut out from their own city

  
  
  
  National’s decision to ditch the Maori seats on the Auckland super city is another means to remove Maori from the barest minimum of decision-making in the biggest Maori city in the country. Catherine has blogged on the general issue before but the issues are even more acute in Auckland. According the 2006 census, nearly [...] read more
  April 7, 2009 6:03 pm - 59 Comments
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  Declaration of Indigenous Rights Down Under

  
  
  
  On Tuesday I got to ask my first proper Question in the House. Unsurprisingly Hone Harawira asked more or less the same question. Will the Government follow the lead of Australia and change their position to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People? The Prime Minister did a good imitation of saying nothing [...] read more
  April 2, 2009 7:00 am - 106 Comments
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  Hone stands up for his people.

  
  
  
  Hone Harawira, in his regular column, Ae Marika talked about going to court with the two young men charged with assaulting John Key at Waitangi this year. Both Labour and the Maori Party co-leaders have responded badly, the first with too much hysteria to be taken seriously and the second in an attempt to [...] read more
  March 17, 2009 5:28 pm - 52 Comments