Mana News editor Joe Trinder The Minister of Maori development Te Ururoa Flavell is cutting back on Maori community services that provide for thousands of whanau. One social worker who wishes to remain anonymous described the minister “Te Ururoa is the Tony Abbott of New Zealand politics cutting back on essential services for Maori communities.” Fifty […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder The ANZAC spirit was not formed on the beaches of Turkey It was formed during the New Zealand Land Wars and we should commemorate the New Zealanders that defended their homes against the world’s first superpower where 2/3 of the British Army attacked woman and children at Rangiriri, Orakau and […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder When Jevan Goulter was an assistant to Hone in parliament he would do honourable acts of kindness like feed the kids in schools in Otara. In the Prime minister office spin doctors devise ways of ruthlessly crushing the opponents of the National government using subterfuge and deception. Today the Daily blog revealed Rachel […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder Yesterday the Prime minister’s spin doctors worked overtime to expose Amanda Bailey, 26. A young waitress the Prime minister had been harassing. They arranged for Rachel Glucina from the New Zealand Herald to approach the owners of the Rosie Cafe in Parnell to pretend to be a public relations advisor to assist the […]
Mana vice president John Minto I remember one of my English teachers doing his best to exhort a class of reluctant-reader teenage boys to read Erich Remarque’s book “All Quiet on the Western Front”. He described it as the best book about the reality of life for soldiers in the trenches of the First World […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder Free doctors’ visits and prescriptions for all children aged under 13 was promised by the Finance minister Bill English in last years budget. This promise has been broken by the National government and ACC Minister Nikki Kaye decided paying for 90 percent coverage was near enough. The National government celebrated as more than 400,000 […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder The Unite Union offices were trashed yesterday after the Zero hours campaign probably the greatest union victory for this country in the 21st century. Even the labour minister Michael Woodhouse had to back down and change employment law to prevent Zero hours contracts. Joe Carolan Unite Union organiser made this […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder Yesterday when asked what the name of the leader of Islamic state was Prime minister John Key replied “Look I’ll get it wrong if I actually name his name – it’s Al Jabeersies something – but whatever I mean, but yeah,” the leader of Islamic state correct name is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. […]
Mana news editor Joe Trinder The minister of Defence Gerry Brownlee has developed a friendship with reality TV queen and mediaworks executive Julie Christie. Mr Brownlee arranged for his friend Julie to be appointed to the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Board. NZ Herald Dec 13th 2013 The parliamentary press gallery’s annual Christmas knees-up on Wednesday night was […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder A move to commemorate the New Zealand land wars is being suggested in parliament. The hurdle is finding an appropriate date and what event would the land wars memorial day be based on. The current day National government is astoundingly ignorant of New Zealand colonial history for example the New […]