Harawira on FSA
NZPA reported: As Maori Party leaders hail the new foreshore and seabed legislation as a victory for their party, one of their MPs says justice hasn’t been delivered. Hone Harawira said tonight he was...
View ArticleEditorials 16 June 2010
The Herald says the reshuffle is only the start for Labour: Probably the most notable aspect of the Labour Party’s reshuffle was Phil Goff’s acknowledgment that further change is needed. Halfway...
View ArticleEditorials 18 June 2010
The Herald looks for details around the foreshore law: Unease has been generated by Attorney-General Chris Finlayson’s statement that customary title is “an ownership title”. This creates a...
View ArticleNational and Maori
The HoS editorial: One of the more bracing ironies of political life in 2010 is that a National Government has developed a relationship with Maori that its Labour predecessor never managed in nine...
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The Coastal Coalition
The Dom Post reports: The Government is about to be hit by an advertising campaign modelled on the iwi/Kiwi National Party billboards that stirred racial tensions in the 2005 election. Now Prime...
View ArticleWhy Hone is a good activist but a lousy politician
The Dom Post reports: The Maori Party co-leaders have been forced into damage control to defend their decision to support new foreshore and seabed legislation after party MP Hone Harawira pulled his...
View ArticlePraise, before I forget
Meant to blog this a few days ago, but kudos to Labour for voting for the repeal of the Foreshore & Seabed Act. Never easy to admit you were wrong, and that your successors have handled it better....
View ArticleHone’s comparison
Stuff reports: Osama bin Laden would have more rights to own New Zealand’s coastland under new laws than Maori according to MP Hone Harawira. The Marine and Coastal Area (Takitai Moana) Bill, which...
View ArticleHoS on Foreshore Act repeal
The HoS editorial: Attorney-General Chris Finlayson stayed away from the House as the first-reading debate began on the bill repealing the Foreshore and Seabed Act. It was a gracious gesture: although...
View ArticleHerald praises ACT
The NZ Herald editorial: The Act Party has suffered more than its share of self-inflicted wounds lately but it deserves credit for a valuable legislative intervention last week. At Act’s behest, the...
View ArticleHone v Rodney
Claire Trevett at the Herald reports: Asked about the issue on his way into Parliament yesterday, Mr Harawira refused to answer any questions asked in English and spoke only in te reo before walking...
View ArticleIwi on Marine and Coastal Area Bill
Assistant Deputy Vice-Chief Political Editor Claire Trevett reports in the Herald: Maori opposition to the new foreshore and seabed bill is increasing, with South Island iwi Ngai Tahu saying it would...
View ArticleFinlayson answers Coastal Coalition Q+A
This is a useful feature. The Coastal Coalition has a Q+A on the Marine and Coastal Area Bill, and Chris Finlayson has responded to it with answers of his own. For those who want to learn more about...
View ArticleResponse from Ngai Tahu
Mark Solomon, the Kaiwhakahaere (Chair) of Ngai Tahu has sent in a response to my blog post of 1 December. I over-stated things in that blog post when I said the Court of Appeal has determined the test...
View ArticleLabour flip-flops again
Audrey Young in the NZ Herald reports: Labour has again changed its position on the foreshore and seabed, withdrawing its support for the bill repealing the current law while it is part-way through the...
View ArticleLamest ad yet
This ad is so cringeworthy, it deserves to be seen by a wider audience. No wonder the creators of the video are anonymous. Also by chance just had a coastal coalition leaflet in my letterbox. I count...
View ArticleHone did a Gordon Copeland
Oh how embarassing. The House just had the second reading of the Marine and Coastal Area Bill (which it passed). Labour gave one of their spots to Hone Harawira so he could rail against it on the...
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A useful article
Audrey Young has done an article in the Herald, which includes this graphic above. You can click on it for a slightly larger version. We learn how similiar the positions of the six parties plus to a...
View ArticleBob’s testicles are back
The BoP Times reports: A war of words has erupted between former and current local National Party MPs over a controversial potential new law. Former MP Bob Clarkson has accused current Tauranga MP...
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Hikoi #2
Martin Kay at Stuff reports: As far as numbers go, the hikoi that arrived at Parliament in the icy wind and rain to protest against the Marine and Coastal Area Bill was a faint shadow of the huge...
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