MANA Leader Hone Harawira Tēna koe Barack Dear Mr President I know your time as Prez is coming to an end, so you won’t have too much time for stuff from down here in Aotearoa, but there’s a little something I’d like you to do for our Native American whanau up your way. And it’s […]
By Te Ringahuia Hata Fighting for Tino Rangatiratanga with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe The protest in North Dakota by members of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation over the destruction and desecration of sacred burial sites and cultural sites by construction crews to build a four-state $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) has turned into a […]
Joe Trinder Recently Tina Ngata from Gisborne flew to the United Nations in New York to address the permanent forum for indigenous issues. Previous to Ms Ngata’s forthright speech to the United Nations she was given advice not to reveal the content of her speech in case her speaking rights were sabotaged. The speech ruffled a […]
Ian Daynes Looking at some of the trends here and around the world, it is hard not to come to the conclusion that the Mana Party, despite its present lack of representation in Parliament, is in a unique position in relation to some of the changes happening in society. What are we to make […]
Joe Trinder A letter writing and phone call campaign to undermine Ms Helen Clark’s opportunity of becoming the next Secretary General of the United Nations has begun. The campaign consists of everyday grass roots New Zealanders writing formal letters addressed to member states of the United Nations. Particularly countries that suffered greatly during European colonisation. […]
Joe Trinder Methamphetamine is evil incarnate one of the parasites of poverty and about the worst scourges to afflict New Zealand since the Neo-Liberal sell off of state owned assets and the colonial land grab committed during the 1800’s. The meth trade has destroyed entire communities and countless peoples lives while literally destroying hundreds of homes […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder The men telling us too not accept more refugees all happen to be wealthy millionaires. Maxine Cross made this unsympathetic comment in the New Zealand Herald today. Maxine feels that the woman and children like Aylan Kurdi are casting away to sea in an effort to find refuge is an […]
Pat Odea climate change editor The shops are still full of food and the farms and factories cannot be towed away. Presumably the agricultural and industrial base of Greece is just as productive as it was before the financial crisis. Afterall is said and done, financial transactions and money are only a means of exchanging […]
Mana News editor Joe Trinder In a TVNZ interview Prime minister John Key blamed the Greek people for not paying their taxes properly like it was “hobby”. To be realistic tax avoidance has been overstated as the cause of the Greek Financial crisis . Prime minister Key a former derivatives trader doesn’t want you to […]