{"id":4217,"date":"2015-04-01T07:10:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2015-04-01T07:17:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:17:32","slug":"what-did-we-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=4217","title":{"rendered":"What did we win?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ruebenfont\"<\/a>\u00a0Rueben Taipari Porter<\/p>\n

\"Peters_Rueben\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With my stunning result of 55 votes, beaten even by the Legalize
\nCannab1s party, you would think that I would crawl under a rock and
\nhide…
\nBut after studying the result figures I didn’t do too bad. Focus
\nNorthland and the other candidates chose to vote strategically while
\nNational and Labour candidates got thrashed! Actually as the first
\nMana candidate to ever stand in any Northland General Election, I
\nnever lost any majority so actually I came in 2nd to Honourable
\nWinston Peters (haha that’s hilarious, but reality is what you make of
\nit ps phone calls are still coming in so who knows what goodies I can
\nget for us aye?) and my trophy wall is filling up… but
\ncongratulations to Winston, he ran an amazing campaign, it was a
\nprivilege to participate in that historical election and watch him
\nwork. I was watching very closely…
\nI personally have gained immense knowledge and made some powerful
\nconnections throughout the entire Northland region into communities
\nthat maori rarely tread, taking Tiriti o Waitangi on the road is no
\neasy task in any circumstance, least of all a General election. But I
\nhave enjoyed the entire experience and thank the public debate
\naudiences for their respect of each candidates presentation, (except
\nfor the Act party guy who deserved massive amounts of heckling), many
\nof the candidates I have formed a great respect for them, Joe Carr and
\nBruce Rogan among them. If voting results were dependent on response
\nto public speaking, I might have had Winston a little bit worried.
\nMy sincere thanks to the Mana Movement for allowing me to represent
\nthem during this historic by-election that has sent shock waves
\nthrough the entire country that will continue to vibrate for a couple
\nmore years yet, perhaps even becoming the catalyst to a new future in
\nwhich this Govt actually listens to and be accountable to the people.
\nThe big question I have to ask is after this million dollar by
\nelection, that apart from the historical 55 year loss by National of
\nthis “safe” seat, what did Northland actually win?
\nRMA changes will still go through and Deep sea oil drilling by Statoil
\nseems inevitable under this present Governments “giveaway sale”
\nmentality of our pristine marine environment to their rich foreign oil
\nbaron mates. TPPA will meet some resistance but will need the entire
\ncountry and indeed Pacific to rise up to stop it being passed (please
\ndon’t ask Northland to save the world again, we told you all to stop
\nthe Foreshore and Seabed act and no one listened then)…no, the
\ndecision is up to ALL of the people of this country to hold this Govt
\naccountable. Judging by the massive presence of young people at the
\nInternational Oil convention protest in Auckland last Sunday, I am
\nfeeling more positive.
\nSo Northland has again, though we are less economically fortunate than
\nmany other regions, made another sacrifice to protect freedom and
\nprinciples for everyone and I am very very proud to come from
\nNorthland te Tai Tokerau and to have participated in making a stand
\nthat will help return the power of parliament back to the people and
\nsecure a better future for our children.<\/p>\n

Toitu te whenua, whatungarongaro te tangata
\nRueben “the small axe” Taipari Porter
\nMana Movement Candidate 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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