Some of the responses to the plight of Niki Rauti, who is threatened with eviction from her state home in Glen Innes, in the New Zealand Herald and elsewhere have been mean-spirited, misinformed, and have at times made assumptions that are downright racist. People have pointed out that she has been offered five other […]
Since John Key’s sudden and surprising resignation from politics last month it is almost surprising just how quickly he has become yesterday’s man. The uncritical mainstream media has shown no more tendency to question or analyse his motives than it did when he was in power. It has been claimed that he left when he […]
As many people will know by now, the government has invited a warship here and is hosting a arms expo in mid-November linking it to celebrations of the Navy’s 75th birthday. Discussion about this has tended to centre around whether the ship is nuclear-armed in line with NZ’s anti-nuclear stance of some thirty years, but […]
A. Ae, there is a Maori language version of Scrabble, called Scramble. I made this prototype in 2013. Te wiki o Te Reo Maori – tumeke! The board has a wharenui design and there are NG and WH tiles. Any Mana group wishing to make up sets to sell for fundraising purposes should indicate in […]
Tim Selwyn Mana News editor Kia ora, Mana members and supporters. Joe and Hone asked me to blog for the Mana News, and I happily accepted. I’m with the Opotiki branch, but I thought I’d start by writing about last weekend’s AGM in Auckland. Not the actual AGM, but the guest speakers we had on […]
James Papalii Mana News pasifika editor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iih6NFMEv4Q&app=desktop
Mana vice-president John Minto With all the huffing and puffing of the election out of the way and the right-wing still in ascendancy after 30 years of community-sapping neoliberalism it was a pleasure to attend a strike by workers at Carl’s Jr in Lincoln Road, Henderson on Saturday. The business had been sold the previous […]
Tova Obrien Kia ora, I have written a formal complaint to TV3 concerning a recent news article claiming “Hone Harawira Hires Sex Offenders” by Tova Obrien. I particularly take umbrage at the slur of this article portraying Hone as a person who actively seeks to employ and support the practice of sex offenders. To date […]
Pat Odea climate change Editor Walk The Talk at Mangatangi. Pacific Islanders blockade Aussie coal port As desperate Pacific Islanders trying to save their nations from being destroyed by climate change battle Australian coal ships, Stand With the Pacific Climate Warriors Be at Mangatangi this Labour Weekend Monday at 2pm to protest Fonterra’s […]
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