Waitangi a ban on Burgers not Burkha

Waitangi a ban on Burgers not Burkha

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder At Waitangi this year  Kingi Taurua (Ngati Rahiri) the paramount Chief of  Te Tii Marae has come out saying David Rankin has misheard the announcement there is a ban on Burgers not Burqa especially triple cheese burgers with fries. The leadership at Waitangi want better food choices but are willing to […]

National to sell state housing

National to sell state housing

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder The National party  is poised to sell thousands of State houses to community groups. The Prime minister John Key who was raised in state housing is taking a neo-liberal approach to state housing by selling off state owned assets. So far Nationals superficial attempts to tackle the housing crisis is to […]

Letter of complaint to the NZ Herald

Letter of complaint to the NZ Herald

This letter of complaint was sent to the New Zealand Herald in regards to Mike Butlers article dated Friday 23rd Jan 2015. [embeddoc url=”http://mananews.co.nz/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Complaint-Mike-Butler.docx” download=”all” viewer=”microsoft”]

New Zealands greatest Maoriphile

New Zealands greatest Maoriphile

Mana News editor Joe Trinder James Fitzgerald a New Zealand member of parliament , was a humanitarian that tried to save the lives of thousands of New Zealanders from systematic impoverishment. Fitzgerald of Irish descent was born in Bath, England and emigrated to New Zealand in hope that more opportunities might exist for prosperity. In 1863 the […]

Mike Butler’s prejudice Maori history

Mike Butler’s prejudice Maori history

 Joe Trinder Mana News Editor Mike Butler a close friend of John Ansell is from the anti-Maori pressure group NZCPR (New Zealand centre of political research) a radical organisation committed  to undermining anything awarded to Maori as an attack on Pakeha rights.  The NZ Herald yesterday decided to ask Mike Butler to critique Gareth Morgan who I admit is clumsily […]

Nick Smith poor solutions to the housing crisis

Nick Smith poor solutions to the housing crisis

 Joe Trinder Mana news editor Nick Smith is trying to resolve the housing crisis by taking advice from property developers and making drastic changes to the resource management Act .  This will make it easier for property developers to build more housing but doesn’t guarantee the housing will be affordable. The Minister neglected to consult […]

The Five eyes club

The Five eyes club

The prime minister said yesterday “Ultimately are we going to say we are going to be part of a club like [we] are with Five Eyes intelligence?” a journalist asked Mr Key “Are we ultimately going to be able to rely on members of those clubs to support us in our moment of need?”  The […]

Economic failure of rockstar proportions

Economic failure of rockstar proportions

 Joe Trinder Mana News Editor Yesterday the Herald published another article we live in a  rock star  economy despite increasing poverty a housing crisis and government debt exceeding $60 Billion. The media has a responsibility to tell its readers the truth about the economy not pretend it is better than ever while kiwi families struggle. Of […]

The Navy under the command of Gerry Brownlee

The Navy under the command of Gerry Brownlee

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder The Royal New Zealand Navy has been unable to board tooth fishing vessels Kunlun, Songhua and Yongding from Equatorial Guinea in the southern ocean.  The defence minister Gerry Brownlee has declared the mission of HMNZS Wellington a success despite the primary objective of a boarding party is to board a […]

The Sydney Siege how it affects New Zealand

The Sydney Siege how it affects New Zealand

The gunman Haron Monis arrived in Australia as an Iranian foreign national seeking asylum, To clear up a few misconceptions about this attack that is causing hysteria and Islamaphobia, here are some facts. This was not a terrorist attack – Haron Monis was a lone wolf and a mentally ill criminal not under the direction of ISIS […]