The Deal: Apologises, Stays In Maori Party, Send Home Till 2010
"The Maori Party has built up a good deal of credibility and goodwill during our first four years in the house, and has a vital role to play in building new pathways for our nation. My comments have derailed much of that credibility and set back our efforts to build bridges for our people into the future, and for that I apologise." More>>
ALSO:
- Hone Harawira - Ae Marika column 01.12.09
- TV3 Video - Hone Harawira: Full news conference - Harawira welcomed back, apologises for comments - Maori Party: Harawira will not be punished any further - Phil Goff criticises Maori Party over Harawira
- Scoop Full Coverage - Oh, Hone! (Plus Rodney)
Harawira: Still No Full And Final Settlement
... This process was presented to a hui held at Pehiaweri Marae in Whangarei on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November. Te Tai Tokerau has agreed to that process and more discussions will be held this week to bring about a resolution which is fair, just, appropriate and final. More>>
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Harawira's future uncertain after hui
John Minto: Hone Harawira - Speaking Truth To Power
If you drive from Auckland to Hamilton you pass through some of the richest farmland in the world… virtually everything you see in all directions is confiscated land. More>>
ALSO:
- Gordon Campbell - Campbell: Using kids as guinea pigs (+ Hone, ETS)
- Hone Harawira - Column - Ae Marika!
Hui: Party 'Suggests' Harawira Quit, Is Shot Down
The Maori Party says its request to Hone
Harawira that he take up the opportunity to be an
Independent MP simply acknowledges the reality of Mr
Harawira's stance as an independent MP for Te Tai Tokerau.
More>>
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Harawira urged to become an independent at hui
Apologies:
No Comment
"Members of the senior leadership team
of the Party plan to meet with Hone and the Tai Tokerau
electorate committee on Thursday, and the hui will discuss
Hone's statements and reflect on the whole situation," said
Dr Sharples and Mrs Turia. More>>
ALSO:
- Te Hiku Radio - Hone Harawira: Speaking to Te Hiku Radio at 11.05
- Te Kahui Mana Ririki - Maori Child organisation supports Harawira
- David Rankin - Maori Leader Rejects Embarrassing Harawira Apology
- Human Rights Commission - Response to inquiries about Harawira’s email
- Radio Waatea Audio - Hone Harawira apologises for e-mail
- TV3 Video - Hone Harawira at Waipapa Marae - full news conference - Hone Harawira: Is he really sorry? - Harawira's latest outburst: Phil Goff should be 'shot' - 'Don't blame others for your shortcomings' - Goff to Harawira - Matt McCarten and Linda Clark debate Hone Harawira's actions - Harawira sparks record number of Human Rights complaints - Harawira faces hui over abusive comments
Gordon Campbell: The Harawira Junket, And Sean
Plunket
At least the coalition government has
shown itself to be united this week – it seems intent on
junketing at taxpayer expense across a broad and unified
front. More>>
ALSO:
- Radio Waatea 603 AM - Hone Harawira: First Public Response, Maori Radio
- Radio Waatea Audio - Hone Harawira apologises for e-mail
- Maori Party - Statement from Professor Winiata Re: Hone Harawira
- Maori Party - Maori Party on verge of taking action against MP
- Maori Party - To Paris Or Not To Paris
- TV3 Video - Key condemns Harawira's 'white motherf...ers' email tirade
- TV3 Video - Harawira's French faux pas
- KiwiFM - Manning, Why Hide's Spend-Up More Offensive Than Harawira's Slur
- Radio Adelaide - Selwyn Manning On Snouts & Sorries & Racist Slurs
- Pundit.co.nz Out-Link - Hide & Harawira: sorry should be the hardest word
The
Scoops: Hone Explains His Trip To Paris
Last
month I was up in Europe as part of a parliamentary
delegation to the European parliament, and while there
decided to take the opportunity to skip away to Paris for a
day. Now it seems like everyone back here is all in a tizz
about it - so here’s the scoops. More>>
ALSO:
- Office of the Speaker - Inter-Parliamentary Travel
- Pundit.co.nz Out-Link - Hone Harawira, his wife and me
Bonus Section: Rodney Hide
Hide and Seek: The Truth About Rodney and Roger
There's a wonderful column by Rosemary McLeod in the Dom-Post this morning (12 November). She skewers the grotesqueries of Rodney Hide's apparently bizarre behaviour beautifully. But even Rosemary has missed something important about this whole affair. More >>
Related:
- Adrian Maidment - Cartoon: Rodney Hide at the Airport
Perk Buster Becomes Perk Busted: Rodney Hide
Issues Apology For Casual Use Of Money
I have
asked you here today because I want to apologise. I want to
apologise to the public. I want to apologise to my
colleagues and to my supporters. But most importantly I want
to apologise to the people of Epsom. I promised the people
of Epsom I would make them proud of me as their MP. I have
let them down.
ALSO:
- Anne Else - Hide and seek: the truth about Rodney and Roger
- KiwiFM - Manning, Why Hide's Spend-Up More Offensive Than Harawira's Slur
- TV3 Video - Rodney Hide: I will pay back everything
- Radio Adelaide - Selwyn Manning On Snouts & Sorries & Racist Slurs
- Graeme Hunt - When saying sorry is not enough
- Pundit.co.nz Out-Link - Hide & Harawira: sorry should be the hardest word
Woopsie:
Hide Caught Slagging PM
I would like to
apologise to the Prime Minister and my Cabinet colleagues
for the comments reported in the media from a breakfast
function in Christchurch. This was light-hearted banter at
an ACT party function and taken out of context'', Mr Hide
said. More
>>
ALSO:
- Greens - Fire Hide and help keep Kiwis in jobs
- Penny Hulse - Minister’s Comments Confirm Secret Agenda
- Solo NZ - SOLO-NZ Op-Ed: Hide the Hypocrite
PM’s Presser Audio: Travel Perks + Foreshore
And Seabed
The Foreshore and Seabed legislation
will not be repealed until a decision has been made on its
replacement, the Prime Minister said yesterday... the Prime
Minister refused to call self-styled "perk buster" Rodney
Hide a hypocrite over his use of MP travel perks. More>>