Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 19, 2016 17:53:49 GMT 12
HARAWIRA SETS SIGHTS ON POLITICAL RETURN
Former MP Hone Harawira is getting back into politics and will stand for Māori electorate seat Te Tai Tokerau again in next year's election, he says.
He told RNZ's Mihingarangi Forbes on TV3's The Hui he was re-entering the political fray because Māori lacked a strong voice in Parliament.
Mr Harawira said he was unlikely to work with the Labour Party, which he thought was too centrist.
Mr Harawira said his former Mana Movement colleagues, Sue Bradford and John Minto, could be involved in the party, but in less prominent roles than in 2014....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/306750/harawira-sets-sights-on-political-return
Former MP Hone Harawira is getting back into politics and will stand for Māori electorate seat Te Tai Tokerau again in next year's election, he says.
He told RNZ's Mihingarangi Forbes on TV3's The Hui he was re-entering the political fray because Māori lacked a strong voice in Parliament.
Mr Harawira said he was unlikely to work with the Labour Party, which he thought was too centrist.
Mr Harawira said his former Mana Movement colleagues, Sue Bradford and John Minto, could be involved in the party, but in less prominent roles than in 2014....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/306750/harawira-sets-sights-on-political-return