No Hone, you cannot speak

[BoristheBiter]

The thing he probably didn't know was until he is sworn in he gets no money, for him or his party.

[nzmikey]

I am off to go buy some "white"chocolate & some lil snowmen lollies & then i am going to find out where he lives & put them in his letter box & leave some on his pathway I think once a week over a 2 month period it may get to him

[yachtie10]

The thing he probably didn't know was until he is sworn in he gets no money, for him or his party.

according to one news he does get paid as an mp

what a dick

[SPman]

Quote
Isn't this

I, Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, that I will be honest and forthright in my efforts to advance the rights of the people of Tai Tokerau, that I will do my utmost to help all Maori people become full empowered citizens of this land and that I will do whatever I can to reduce inequalities in this country, so that all may one day be proud to call Aotearoa home.

better and more reflective of modern New Zealand than this?

I, Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

That's the point Hone Harawira was trying to make today.
He was silenced, by an abuse of the Parliamentary process, by an old white man who disagrees. That man, Lockwood Smith, is stifling dissent, strangling our future and trying to suppress any debate over who we are and what it means to be a kiwi in modern New Zealand. And that is undemocratic and not befitting his role as Speaker of the House.

[mashman]

to quote others

This is simply bullshit. There has long been an accepted practice around this: MPs get to make their statement (swearing allegiance to the Treaty, or to the people of New Zealand, or whatever), then they jump through the legal hoop and redo their affirmation in the proper form. If you review the footage of MPs being sworn in after the last three elections you'll see a fair number of MPs doing this. Contrary to the Speaker's assertion, that is not "breaking the law". The affirmation is given. And what matters is that it is given, not what is said beforehand.

do you mean he has been singled out because of who he is? because he didn't want to do it the way some smug looking fucktarded white mother fucker (they're all white mother fuckers) was expecting it to happen? Or does I read your "others" quote wrongly moy flower?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Anyone who changes his name from John Hadfield to Hone Harawira has certain "standards" to uphold I guess.

source please

[HenryDorsetCase]

Quote
Isn't this

I, Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, that I will be honest and forthright in my efforts to advance the rights of the people of Tai Tokerau, that I will do my utmost to help all Maori people become full empowered citizens of this land and that I will do whatever I can to reduce inequalities in this country, so that all may one day be proud to call Aotearoa home.

better and more reflective of modern New Zealand than this?

I, Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

That's the point Hone Harawira was trying to make today.
He was silenced, by an abuse of the Parliamentary process, by an old white man who disagrees. That man, Lockwood Smith, is stifling dissent, strangling our future and trying to suppress any debate over who we are and what it means to be a kiwi in modern New Zealand. And that is undemocratic and not befitting his role as Speaker of the House.

whatever. the problem I would have is swearing to your god. One affirms, these days. all the cool kids are doing it.

[malfunconz]

who cares ... half arse attempt by a half caste .

[Swoop]

Anyone who changes his name from John Hadfield to Hone Harawira has certain "standards" to uphold I guess.

Just like Steve O'Regan.

BTW, he doesn't like it if you call him by his birth name...

[Hitcher]

What fucks me off are people who use racism to attack racism. In doing so they often end up making themselves look just as bad as the person they're seeking to ridicule.

[Pussy]

What fucks me off are people who use racism to attack racism. In doing so they often end up making themselves look just as bad as the person they're seeking to ridicule.

What was that, Sooty??

[riffer]

source please

David Rankin, Ngapuhi.

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/harawir...i-elder-127449

[HenryDorsetCase]

David Rankin, Ngapuhi.

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/harawir...i-elder-127449

Thanks, that is fascinating. I will think of him as John Hatfield from now on, and my blood pressure will be its normal 180/110 instead of a million over several hundred thousand (oddly enough, about what he and his party will get from the gubblemunt to fund their erection campaigns. Awesome!

[riffer]

Thanks, that is fascinating. I will think of him as John Hatfield from now on, and my blood pressure will be its normal 180/110 instead of a million over several hundred thousand (oddly enough, about what he and his party will get from the gubblemunt to fund their erection campaigns. Awesome!

You're welcome.

[riffer]

Quote
Isn't this

I, Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, that I will be honest and forthright in my efforts to advance the rights of the people of Tai Tokerau, that I will do my utmost to help all Maori people become full empowered citizens of this land and that I will do whatever I can to reduce inequalities in this country, so that all may one day be proud to call Aotearoa home.

better and more reflective of modern New Zealand than this?

I, Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.

That's the point Hone Harawira was trying to make today.
He was silenced, by an abuse of the Parliamentary process, by an old white man who disagrees. That man, Lockwood Smith, is stifling dissent, strangling our future and trying to suppress any debate over who we are and what it means to be a kiwi in modern New Zealand. And that is undemocratic and not befitting his role as Speaker of the House.

Yes it is. But today and at Parliament was not the appropriate time or place to have that discussion. It was grandstanding, pure and simple, and it backfired hugely on him.