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<\/a><\/p>\nWe thank those who took on extra responsibilities to advance the campaign, who did what could be done with the minimum resources we had.<\/p>\n
We resumed good relationship building with M\u0101ori Party- and in particular the trip to Wai\u0101riki & Tauranga. Tukuroirangi Morgan M\u0101ori Party President and Hinurewa Te Hau from TaiTokerau M\u0101ori Party were always considerate to ensure we got our messaging right with each other in Tai Tokerau. That alone signalled a strong wish to work together as a partnership.<\/p>\n
We are waiting to finalise meeting with\u00a0 small sub committees that helped in the election campaign.<\/p>\n
We also encourage MANA members who could not make the ui to send in your short evaluation – what can be done better to hilda@manataitokerau.org\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Or,\u00a0 like the feedback re decriminalising marijuana- send your comments to one person in your rohe and that person can foward to me.<\/p>\n MANA KAIKOHE<\/strong> began their campaign 3 years ago, financing their Kaikohe base by selling weekly sausage barbecues. Members have decided to keep the office open as a good hui space.<\/p>\n Special thanks to Eric and Mei Nelson for their dedication to Hone and MANA. Some of the memorable comments: MANA TE HIKU<\/strong>– Kaum\u0101tua, Kuia MANA TE HIKU-<\/strong> Campaign team MANA Rakipaewhenua,<\/strong> MANA Wait\u0101kere<\/strong> WEBMASTER<\/strong> Alan Armstrong – based in Rotorua, 83 years old. MANA Wh\u0101ngarei<\/strong><\/p>\n We are active in our communities , lost contact with each other, all just trying to survive. Became involved last 8 weeks\u00a0 in the campaign but Whangarei worked hard. Everyone donated time and items from their homes to furnish the office.\u00a0 Got lots of sponsors to pay for power, internet costs and petrol vouchers.\u00a0 Mehara a great loss for MANA- she set the standard for rangatahi ,she\u00a0 was involved at MANA Exec level since she was 16- making decisions, setting up our social media.<\/p>\n Mamae. Many uneducated re voting, thought that enrolments were their votes.\u00a0 Our people whakam\u0101 in the polling booths, get intimidated by P\u0101keha. We should have kai\u0101whina in the polling booths just to help fill out a form and to explain the voting procedure. Some need readers.\u00a0 90% of the booths are schools- recommend one classroom be for M\u0101ori voters- positive climate.<\/p>\n People h\u014dh\u0101 with National- just wanted change- huri katoa ki a Labour. Major when a government minister is tossed out.\u00a0 Our biggest issue in Wh\u0101ngarei is wai- Porot\u012b.\u00a0 \u00a0Homelessness now in Kamo, we are helping out where we can, taking soup.<\/p>\n \u200bA MANA NATIONAL HUI<\/strong> is being called at Te Puna Hauora Rakipaewhenua 10-3 pm November 4th. Koha. MANA branches and members are encouraged to send a representative to the hui. MANA supporters are welcome.\u00a0 There are 3-4 options to consider – Where to from here?\u00a0 The k\u014drero from the hui, not external media will determine our next action for MANA.<\/p>\n Other discussions with M\u0101ori Party- can take place after they have held their own hui.<\/p>\n P\u0113hea ana a Hone?<\/strong> Congratulations to the 8,000 supporters in Tai Tokerau who voted for MANA representation in the recent elections. MANA committed to a one seat strategy in 2016 and we did well. Politics is politics. Despite working consistently over the last 3 years in our rohe and really hard in the last year, with very little putea, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10327","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\/10327"}],"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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10327"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10352,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10327\/revisions\/10352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
\nNancy : Mihi atu ki te MANA Movement, k\u0101hore ano a MANA ka tae ki t\u014dna taumata. Me haere tonu a MANA \u2013M\u0101ori, he whakakitenga. Hone your people tautoko you. When M\u0101ori turn- it\u2019s a massive turn. Wait 3 years. I gave 2 ticks for MANA- I know we weren’t meant to , but at my age I can vote for who I want- so I voted 2 ticks for MANA because they worked for us and I knew them.
\nTiare . Like Te Whakamaramatanga- a Movement never ends.
\nNg\u0101huia and Charlie . Wow, learnt alot from listening to the k\u014drero of our old people and about politics, would like to help again.
\nHokianga- we’re here for the next campaign when you want us.<\/p>\n
\nFrances We gave our all- nothing left. M\u0101ori Party took biggest loss. Sorry for Te Ururoa.\u00a0 Joe . Me haere tonu. Continue networking with M\u0101ori Party , the Ratana Movement and the Kingitanga. Hira Wai\u0101riki and Tauranga reconnection- tino tangi harikoa- valuable – should have organised it earlier.\u00a0 Tuku and Hinurewa strong from February until the elections. Marama great fighter.\u00a0 Tina Will make some kete to fundraise for MANA.\u00a0 Appreciate the Porter wh\u0101nau freeing up Te Rana to help in the campaign. The people looked after her.\u00a0 Thanks to all the fundraising we did 2014-2017 – helped fund our branches.
\nMANA Te Hiku – will continue to meet for projects when needed at MANA House in Kaitaia. Will keep a desk there for projects.<\/p>\n
\nWe rang 3000 people, some don’t vote, never vote, didn’t know how to vote.
\nPolling booth issues, told off for saying “kia ora.” Lack of tautoko for elderly, for young ones who didn’t know how to fill in the forms or how to vote, even though there were paid officials.
\nPrioritise measurable projects over 2 years.\u00a0 E Toa awesome tool if everyone used it.
\nFacebook likes- don’t translate to votes. Continue to develop our rohe. Goodwill vs vote. Hone and all of us keep up the good mahi in Te Hiku.<\/p>\n
\nWorked with what we had- times have changed over 3 years, voluntary work too hard on our pockets.\u00a0\u00a0Unable to match the resources and machine that came to the North Shore. Did as much as we could.\u00a0 Alot to consider for the next campaign- local leaders of MANA policies, youth involvement. 15 billboards stolen, destroyed or missing. First time that has ever happened.<\/p>\n
\nLacked numbers on the ground, competed against a highly resourced team.
\nGlad to help with the bus and trips Tai Tokerau Tour, Taip\u0101 Rugby League, Omeka P\u0101, Tauranga & Wai\u0101riki. MANA & M\u0101ori to continue – bring our people together.
\nMANA M\u0101ori Motuhake began a long time ago.<\/p>\n
\nWebsite koha raised almost $6,000 Website pages were updated with policy and media releases as they happened and those were re-posted to several Facebook pages.
\nSent out frequent email blasts during the campaign to every supporter whose address we had.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n
\nHone is well. He had to look after the Campaign Manager who took a week to get over it. Ka haere tonu a Hone. He is finalising some details on some projects for the Far North. Next week Hone flies to Hobart to receive an international award for tobacco control.\u00a0 There is much to consider about the future of MANA- so will await the outcome of all the hui.
\nBut we will all take that in our stride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"