BHN livestream: Foreshore and Seabed doco, Fast Track protests, and Whaikaha name removal
Livestream from 9pm tonight.
hikoi
Hikoi for Homes.
Saturday in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
The illusion of consultation
For some reason the Nats are in a hurry to complete their privatisation programme within two years. Anyone in any doubt as to how the process of consultation with Maori will play out might be informed by some recent history.
Another foreshore hikoi
Around 300 hikoi marchers arrived at Parliament this afternoon to protest against the Nat / Maori Party rebranded version of the foreshore and seabed bill. The numbers weren’t huge, but the hikoi brought a powerful symbolic message.
Maori seats for Auckland?
National’s handling of the Auckland SuperCity process was profoundly undemocratic in a multitude of ways. Thank goodness, and the common sense of Aucklanders, that a “Labour Mayor from South Auckland” was elected to sort out at least some of the resulting mess. Len Brown has pledged to hold talks on dedicated Maori seats on the Council. It’s great to see that Brown is open to correcting National’s injustice on this matter.
National’s jam tomorrow
When it comes to listening to the public, National promise “jam tomorrow”. Wait for the select committee. Wait for the third reading. But the record shows that these are empty promises. The Human Rights Commission has criticised National over their latest mockery of a consultation process on Auckland…
Resistance Photography
Some great photos from yesterday’s hikoi from Squirrel. Click the thumbnails below to view photos, or see the whole set at the Resistance […]
Reader photos
Thanks to a reader for sending in these photos from today’s hikoi: If anyone else has photos or youtube send them in and […]
Hikoi video
The Herald Online has some great video from today’s hikoi here and here, and some photos here. The videos really are worth a […]
Hikoi route
Tumeke has put together this handy map of tomorrow’s hikoi with the meeting places across Auckland. You can view the full size version […]
Join the Super City hikoi
IHI Aotearoa has put out the call for Aucklanders to join their hikoi against the Government’s undemocratic Super City proposal on Monday, May […]