This week in the realm of Maori Politics

This week in the realm of Maori Politics

 Annette Sykes This week in the realm of Maori Politics has been extraordinary. While the Crown boxes on with Sky City Deals that give Ngati Whatua lands(which prices have escalated two fold since the backroom deal was negotiated) upon which gambling dens are to function to the benefit of third party corporate entities Maori are […]

Tiriti o Waitangi is vital to Defeat TPPA

Tiriti o Waitangi is vital to Defeat TPPA

Mana Movements Rueben Taipari Porter is the only candidate in the by election proposing to use Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the document that will save Northland from the TPPA which will take away local business choices. The TPPA has been criticised for its secrecy and lack of transparency. The TPPA would eliminate tariffs and […]

Anti-Treaty politcal party

Anti-Treaty politcal party

1law4all is a political party committed to the suppresion of indigenous rights in New Zealand and ignoring our founding national document, the Treaty of Waitangi. Its policies are based  on the premise that anything awarded to Maori is an attack on Pakeha rights. As well as wanting to abolish the Treaty of Waitangi and the Takutai Moana […]

Indigenous rights is separatism?

Indigenous rights is separatism?

 Mana News editor Joe Trinder Now the Waitangi Tribunal has declared Nga Puhi did not cede sovereignty to the crown the Primeminister has responded  “In 1840 when we signed the treaty, it strikes me we signed it for modern New Zealand, and that was a New Zealand where we co-habitated and ran the country together. It […]

The Declaration and the Treaty

The Declaration and the Treaty

He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti The Declaration and the Treaty: The Report on Stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry   Waitangi Tribunal (Wai 1040, 2014) 14 November 2014   Report by Professor David V Williams     Summary   Te Paparahi o Te Raki district comprises all territories north of Auckland […]

NGAPUHI – 175 YEARS AFTER THE TREATY

NGAPUHI – 175 YEARS AFTER THE TREATY

 Mana leader Hone Harawira 175 years after the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Ngapuhi stands poised to play a pivotal role in what the treaty might mean for the next 175 years. And that is hugely important because while government has already signed ‘full and final’ deals with most iwi, including the big ones […]

Gareth Morgan’s Orewa Speech

Gareth Morgan’s Orewa Speech

It’s easy to think the Treaty of Waitangi is something only lawyers need to think about. But that’s a mistake. It relates to all of us and is always going to be part of our lives. Today I hope to explain why. The Treaty sets the bar for how New Zealanders acknowledge and respect each […]

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 […]