{"id":9874,"date":"2017-02-08T20:46:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T07:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=9874"},"modified":"2017-02-08T20:46:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T07:46:52","slug":"running-the-country-means-not-running-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=9874","title":{"rendered":"RUNNING THE COUNTRY MEANS NOT RUNNING AWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0MANA Leader Hone Harawira<\/p>\n

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

The Prime Minister should always attend Treaty commemorations at Waitangi, and just like in 1840, that means accepting the good with the bad\u201d said MANA Leader Hone Harawira.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Treaty of Waitangi is called that for the simple reason that it was signed at Waitangi, on the 6th of February 1840\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Treaty is known as the \u2018cornerstone of our constitution\u2019 and Waitangi is called the \u2018birthplace of the nation\u2019 for very good reason. Waitangi is where the chiefs gathered to discuss the Treaty, to hear the arguments of others and eventually to sign the document we now know as the Treaty of Waitangi, on 6 Feb 1840\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when somebody wants to run the country, then they have an obligation once a year, to honour the commemoration of the signing of the Treaty by turning up to Waitangi, being welcomed onto the marae and expressing their views\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Bill English wants to commemorate the signing of the Treaty by going somewhere else, fine – here\u2019s a list of the 50 other places around the country where it was signed so there\u2019s plenty of opportunity for him to do it elsewhere, on those dates.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut on the 5th and 6th of February every year, it is appropriate that the Prime Minister attend the Treaty commemorations at Waitangi\u201d<\/p>\n

ENDS
\nText Hone on 021 865 372 for any further information or interviews
\nList of places and dates when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed<\/p>\n

Waitangi, 6 February 1840
\nBay of Islands, Date unknown
\nBay of Islands probably, Date unknown
\nWaimate North, 9\u201310 February 1840
\nMangungu, 12 February 1840
\nBay of Islands, 17 February 1840
\nKaraka Bay, 4 March 1840
\nKait\u0101ia, 28 April 1840
\nBay of Islands, 13? May 1840
\nKaraka Bay?, 9 July 1840
\nRussell, 5 August 1840
\nManukau, 20 March 1840
\nK\u0101whia, 28 April 1840
\nK\u0101whia, 21 May 1840
\nK\u0101whia, 25 May 1840
\nK\u0101whia, 15 June 1840
\nK\u0101whia, 27 August 1840
\nK\u0101whia, 3 September 1840
\nWaikato Heads, Late March or early April 1840
\nManukau Harbour, 26 April 1840
\nWaikato, Date unknown
\nTauranga, 10 April-May 1840
\n\u014cp\u014dtiki, 27-28 May 1840
\nT\u014drere, 11 June 1840
\nTe Kaha, 14 June 1840
\nT\u014drere, 14 June 1840
\nWhakat\u0101ne, 16 June 1840
\nCoromandel, 4 May 1840
\nMercury Island, 7 May 1840
\nAkaroa, 30 May 1840
\nRuapuke, 10 June 1840
\nOtago Heads, 13 June 1840
\nCloudy Bay, 17 June 1840
\nMana Island, 19 June 1840
\nHawke’s Bay, 24 June 1840
\nPort Nicholson, 29 April 1840
\nQueen Charlotte Sound, 4-5 May 1840
\nRangitoto, 11 May 1840
\nKapiti?, 14 May 1840
\n\u014ctaki?, 19 May 1840
\nTawhirihoe, 21 May 1840
\nManawat\u016b, 26 May 1840
\nWhanganui, 31 May 1840
\nWaikanae, 16 May 1840
\nWhanganui, 23 May 1840
\nMotung\u0101rara, 4 June 1840
\nT\u016branga, 5-12 May 1840
\n\u016aawa, 16-17 May 1840
\nWhakawhitira Waiapu, 25-31 May 1840
\nRangitukia Waiapu, 1 June 1840
\nTokomaru, 9 June 1840<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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