{"id":10132,"date":"2017-06-23T19:45:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T06:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=10132"},"modified":"2017-06-24T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T03:54:16","slug":"hone-pani-tamati-waka-nene-harawira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=10132","title":{"rendered":"Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene HARAWIRA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene HARAWIRA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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HONE<\/strong> is a M\u0101ori Activist, and the leader of the MANA Movement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He was born in Wh\u0101ngarei and attended St Stephens<\/strong> before going on to Auckland University<\/strong> where he joined Ng\u0101 Tamatoa<\/strong> in the early 70s.<\/p>\n

HONE<\/strong> stood with Ng\u0101ti Wh\u0101tua at Bastion Point<\/strong>, led He Taua<\/strong> against racism at Auckland University, led the Waitangi Action Committee<\/strong> fight for Treaty rights, led the Patu Squad<\/strong> during the Springbok Tour of 1981, got arrested, called Bishop Tutu<\/strong> as his witness \u2026 and won!<\/p>\n

HONE<\/strong> led the Kawariki<\/strong> in the 1980\u2019s, unveiled the Tino Rangatiratanga<\/strong> flag in 1990, and met Nelson Mandela<\/strong>, in 1995.<\/p>\n

HONE<\/strong> has also visited the New People\u2019s Army<\/strong> in the Philippines, addressed the Physicists\u2019 Against Nuclear War<\/strong> conference in Moscow, attended the International Indian Treaty Council<\/strong>, campaigned against the bombing of Kaho\u2019olawe<\/strong> in Hawai\u2019i, and participated in numerous Indigenous Gatherings<\/strong> around the world.<\/p>\n

In 1985, HONE<\/strong> and his wh\u0101nau moved back to their tribal homelands in the far north of Aotearoa, and over the next 30 years, HONE<\/strong> dedicated his life to developing M\u0101ori potential.<\/p>\n

In line with that philosophy, HONE<\/strong> served as General Manager for the Aupouri Ng\u0101ti Kahu Te Rarawa Trust<\/strong>, \u0100niwaniwa Kokiri, Te W\u0101nanga Reo o Te Tai Tokerau, Aupouri M\u0101ori Trust Board<\/strong>, and Te Hiku Media<\/strong> where he started Te Hiku FM, Sunshine FM, Tai FM, Country FM<\/strong> and Tehiku TV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During that time HONE<\/strong> also chaired the Far North Rugby League, Rangaunu Sports Club, \u0100niwaniwa Kohanga Reo, Te Kura Kaupapa M\u0101ori o Te Rangi \u0100niwaniwa, Te Wharekura o Te Rangi \u0100niwaniwa <\/strong>and Te W\u0101nanga o Te Rangi \u0100niwaniwa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

HONE<\/strong> has also held national appointments including Chair of Te Whakaruruhau o nga Reo Irirangi M\u0101ori o Aotearoa, Chair of Te P\u016btahi P\u0101oho<\/strong> and Member of Te M\u0101ngai P\u0101ho<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 2004 HONE<\/strong> led M\u0101oridom\u2019s largest ever protest, the Foreshore & Seabed March<\/strong>, which launched him in to the NZ Parliament where he served as MP for Tai Tokerau<\/strong>, from 2005-2014. During that time, HONE <\/strong>led a crusade to make Aotearoa Smokefree by 2025,<\/strong> led the Feed the Kids <\/strong>campaign, and supported a number of other Indigenous activities <\/strong>and Anti-Poverty initiatives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since 2014 HONE<\/strong> has rebuilt the ANT Trust<\/strong> and runs a prisoner reintegration programme<\/strong> and a Wh\u0101nau Ora contract<\/strong>. He also launched the Taitokerau Rugby League <\/strong>and one of NZ\u2019s most innovative social service programmes, Open the Curtains. <\/strong>He continues to serve on the Board of his kura, and is engaged in creating and supporting a number of other training and employment initiatives across the north.<\/p>\n

HONE<\/strong> has wide tribal connections throughout Tai Tokerau. His mother is from Ng\u0101ti Hau and Ng\u0101puhi, and his father is from Aupouri, Ng\u0101puhi and Ng\u0101ti Whatua. Hone\u2019s wife Hilda is from Ng\u0101ti Whatua and Te Rarawa. They have 7 children, 7 mokopuna and two great grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene HARAWIRA HONE is a M\u0101ori Activist, and the leader of the MANA Movement. He was born in Wh\u0101ngarei and attended St Stephens before going on to Auckland University where he joined Ng\u0101 Tamatoa in the early 70s. HONE stood with Ng\u0101ti Wh\u0101tua at Bastion Point, led He Taua against racism […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10137,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132\/revisions\/10137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}