State housing sell-off will harm vulnerable children

State housing sell-off will harm vulnerable children

 Mana vice president John Minto Media statement  QPEC (the Quality Public Education Coalition) “The government’s planned sell-off of state housing will cause serious harm to the education of New Zealand’s most vulnerable children”, says QPEC Spokesperson John Minto. Pushing more low-income families into the private housing market and social housing will mean another increase in […]

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 […]

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 slums of Jebson Place

The slums of Jebson Place

 Mana editor Joe Trinder Cameron Slater is disappointed on how the Waikato times wrote an article on poverty in Jebson place in Hamilton. This despicable article compared New Zealand poverty to slums of Bombay. First let me clear this up for Cameron, New Zealand is not over populated and is one of the most resource […]

The New Zealand housing crisis

The New Zealand housing crisis

  Joe Trinder  Mana News editor New Zealand simply doesn’t have enough homes for every kiwi family under the National government they have managed to build literally  7 houses for a population of 4.5 Million people. The basic reason why the National party avoid building houses is their donors are property investors with a lack […]

MANA to fight mass privatisation of state housing

MANA to fight mass privatisation of state housing

       John Minto Mana vice-president Announcements over the past 12 hours from the Minister responsible for Housing New Zealand, Bill English, and Minister for Social Housing, Paula Bennett, make clear the government’s intention for the mass privatisation of state housing. This comes during the middle of a housing crisis with over 3000 families […]

Hold fast to your Mana – Harawira

Hold fast to your Mana – Harawira

Hone Harawira today called on the voters of Tai Tokerau to hold fast to their mana, and not be dictated to by those party leaders who have ganged together to tell them how to vote.“I call on our people to answer them in the strongest way possible, by making sure that every one of your […]