{"id":9837,"date":"2016-12-05T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T03:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=9837"},"modified":"2016-12-05T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T03:42:34","slug":"mana-says-haere-ra-to-john-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=9837","title":{"rendered":"MANA says \u2018HAERE RA\u2019 to JOHN KEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/HoneAvatar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5537\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/HoneAvatar.jpg\" alt=\"HoneAvatar\" width=\"84\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Hone Harawira, MANA Leader<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/key-laughing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7149\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/key-laughing.jpg\" alt=\"key-laughing\" width=\"468\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/key-laughing.jpg 468w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/key-laughing-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dakota Access Pipeline has been stopped, the Prime Minister has r<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">esigned, and the Warriors are coming to Kaitaia \u2026 so it\u2019s an awesome day to be alive\u201d said MANA Leader Hone Harawira on hearing the news that the PM was stepping down.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>\u201cLook, John Key has been a great leader \u2026 for the rich\u201d said Harawira \u201cbut I doubt that those living in car cases, caravan parks and cold, damp houses will be shedding a tear anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in case people haven\u2019t noticed, Maori have also suffered massive setbacks in housing, employment, justice, corrections, education and welfare during his time\u201d said Harawira \u201cThe only Maori who will mourn John Key\u2019s passing are those who clipped the ticket during his reign &#8211; those who reaped the benefits of Treaty settlements and corporate success, but did nothing to lift their own people from the mire of welfare despondency, drug-fuelled violence and suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact it\u2019s difficult to think of a time in New Zealand\u2019s recent history when so much has been done for so few, by taking so much from so many\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t buy the line about John Key\u2019s legacy being marked by economic stability and an increased profile on the international stage, because I see where it has come from &#8211; off the backs of those who could least afford it, te pani me te rawakore, the poor and the dispossessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish him well with his future and I hope his family get more time with him, but most of all I wish us all strength in overcoming the mindset that only the rich should matter in life\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Hone Harawira, MANA Leader \u201cThe Dakota Access Pipeline has been stopped, the Prime Minister has resigned, and the Warriors are coming to Kaitaia \u2026 so it\u2019s an awesome day to be alive\u201d said MANA Leader Hone Harawira on hearing the news that the PM was stepping down. \u201cLook, John Key has been a great leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9837","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\/9837"}],"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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9838,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837\/revisions\/9838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}