{"id":10006,"date":"2017-03-12T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=10006"},"modified":"2017-03-12T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T03:26:58","slug":"just-waiting-for-the-phone-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=10006","title":{"rendered":"Just Waiting for the Phone Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANA Tai Tokerau Campaign Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Should Hone win his seat in Tai Tokerau and take a List MP with him into Parliament- MANA will be a useful ally in the formation of a coalition government.\u00a0 Just Waiting for the Phone Call. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hone_Marama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10001\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hone_Marama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hone_Marama.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hone_Marama-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hone_Marama-570x285.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MANA Movement &amp; M\u0101ori Party kawenata <em>agreement <\/em>to not stand against each other in Tai\u00a0 Tokerau and Wai\u0101riki during the upcoming election is a practical move. It is common\u00a0 in hapu and Iwi politics to form a working agreement for the purpose of Kotahitanga ie to work together for specific outcomes. The agreement lasts until 5pm election day.<\/p>\n<p>Manaakitanga and whanaungatanga are key practices in tangihanga and huihui M\u0101ori which \u00a0force enemy and foe alike \u00a0to shake hands and work together and\u00a0 prevents\u00a0 M\u0101ori living an insular life.\u00a0 Our communities are too small in Tai Tokerau to sulk with each other too long,so we have to get on and always be considerate in our Facebook comments.<\/p>\n<p>When the smoke dies down, on September 23rd it is yet to be seen who wil be left standing, who will be able to cobble a government together. So it is also important for M\u0101ori commentators to help shape the media spins. We should not echo or heed the gloom and doom failure prophecies that litter the current media landscape- because they dont understand the potential of M\u0101ori dynamics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT ARE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN MANA AND M\u0100ORI?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Both r\u014dpu have had long and significant involvement with kaupapa M\u0101ori issues pertaining to : Te Whakaputanga, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, 3% post Treaty settlements, the revitalisation of reo, social service and health provision; The Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples, work unions, M\u0101ori Wardens, H\u0101hi M\u0101ori,\u00a0 Marae, Sports organisations, waka building, as well as running successful models of kura kaupapa M\u0101ori, kura a Iwi, Rumaki reo, KuraReo Rua, Kohanga Reo and Puna Reo.<\/li>\n<li>Both r\u014dpu know frustration with bureaucracy and must translate that energy into\u00a0 creating and supporting positive models that are beneficial to narrowing the gaps of inequality- in the case of MANA not just for M\u0101ori but for and with Pasifika and others.<\/li>\n<li>The 7 M\u0101ori seats are critical to represent the voices of M\u0101oridom. 10 more M\u0101ori seats would be more equitable for the size of the regions M\u0101ori MPs have to cover.<\/li>\n<li>Both MANA Movement and M\u0101ori Party are p\u0113pi in the current parliamentary system and so must create their own safe space utilising Tikanga M\u0101ori , rather than fit a prescribed National or Labour Party model. Dr Whata Winiata acknowledged in 2011 \u201cthere is room for more than one M\u0101ori political party in parliament.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>There is genuine goodwill to help win gains for many M\u0101ori wh\u0101nau who continue to suffer huge inequalities in Aotearoa and a need for proactive stances of Kotahitanga amongst all M\u0101ori MPs is necessary to win significant gains for M\u0101ori;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HOW WILL MANA AND M\u0100ORI DEAL WITH DIFFERENCE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is 2017 election year. M\u0101ori voters will support\u00a0 policies which protect M\u0101ori land, wai \u00a0and the future of our mokopuna in Aotearoa.<\/li>\n<li>Kaum\u0101tua and kuia genuinely want MANA and M\u0101ori to work together, but liken policy differences to the rangatiratanga of hapu to make decisions for themselves and respect the differences.<\/li>\n<li>For survival , all M\u0101ori politicians understand they must heed the word of kaum\u0101tua, kuia and their constituents- not to do so is perilous. Advisors must be made up of community people not just Crown officials.<\/li>\n<li>M\u0101ori voters want to see their nawe (grievances) bear fruit and political advances be seen to be won without compromising MANA M\u0100ORI. Young people want jobs and positive forecast for the future in Aotearoa otherwise we will lose our greatest cultural capital to another country.<\/li>\n<li>Tipene Old Boys may distinguish house competitons as the natural cause of difference, but they remind both Hone and Te Ururoa to play on the same team against the hoariri.<\/li>\n<li>Leadership will need to embrace earned inclusion of women and youth and use good tikanga in that inclusion.<\/li>\n<li>Under the kawenata both parties are free to criticise each others policies \u2013 but not the tangata. Behind the scenes, MANA and M\u0101ori Party talk with each other, how best to approach this and that. But ultimately each r\u014dpu will make its own decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MANA National Executive will be meeting in Tamaki, March 25th<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANA Tai Tokerau Campaign Team Should Hone win his seat in Tai Tokerau and take a List MP with him into Parliament- MANA will be a useful ally in the formation of a coalition government.\u00a0 Just Waiting for the Phone Call. 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