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Tēnā koe
Friend
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Kua tīmata te pōti nā reira e rere ana ngā mihi ki a koutou me te
akiaki i a koutou kia haria ō koutou whanaunga ki te pōti!
Nō reira, e tangi ana ki ngā mate o te wā me mihi kau atu ki a
tātau katoa i te wā iti nei.
Voting
has started!
We have 11 days left before election
day and as we turn to this last stretch of our campaign, we need
that extra hand from you.
We need your help
Can you take as many whanaunga and friends with you to vote and if
you’ve already voted? can you take others to vote too? The more
people we take to vote, the more we can get people to vote the Māori
Party candidates.
Also take your children and mokopuna with you so they learn how
important voting is as it then becomes a normalised whānau tikanga.
My mum and dad always took me to vote at either the Ohakune Primary
School or the Court House and we take our tamariki and my daughter
(unsolicited lol) is encouraging her friends to talk to their parents
too!
At a minimum, we need to candidate vote and if it’s two ticks then
that’s great too.
Mana Motuhake and Toi Māori Policies
Last week we launched our Mana
Motuhake Policy from the Treaty Ground at Waitangi and our Toi
Māori Policy at Opōtiki. All our policies are awesome and this
week we also release our last policy, our Justice Policy.
Our launch at Waitangi was special from the arrival at Te Tī Marae
(lower marae), karakia the next day at the Whare Rūnanga and flag pole
to the launch itself, there was a shift as we declared our commitment
to Mana Motuhake. Some may say it’s too far, but 30 years ago, people
thought kohanga reo would never get off the ground and they would have
laughed at the idea of kura instructing in total immersion reo
Māori.
Our Toi Māori policy also helped to launch our Vote
Kapa Vote challenge, to get kapa haka to go to the polls
together. So, whether it’s kapa haka, whānau or sports groups, take
our people to polls.
Our full suite of policies can be found on our website through this
link, https://www.maoriparty.org/policy.
Tākuta
Ferris mō Te Tai Tonga
Tākuta
hails from Pōrangahau and his whakapapa links him throughout Te Tai
Rāwhiti, Te Wai Pounamu and Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga.
He is currently based in Ōtaki with his wife Iriaka and their
tamariki and works for Massey University. Prior to Ōtaki they lived
in Nelson and was a chance to foster his whanaungatanga to his Ngāti
Kuia whakapapa at the top of the South Island and his mother also
links to Oraka-Aparima at the bottom of the island too.
Tākuta (also known as Doc) is passionate about education and the
environment and is a key advocate for our Māori taking the leap into
Māori medium education. He knows this to be true as he was raised in
Australia for a time before they returned home to Aotearoa and was
immersed in te ao Māori. He is a kaiwhakairo (carver) and kapa haka
exponent and actively practices mahinga kai while also monitoring our
kaimoana stocks.
One thing with Tākuta, is he is a whaikōrero man and when you get
him in front of our people, they turn to him so the more you can share
how he is able to articulate kaupapa and share a long term view of our
movement, the more people are changing their vote. Here’s an example
of Tākuta sharing his thoughts with Tahu
FM.
Can you help?
As we as taking people to the polls, can you also ask a
friend to support us by donating
$25, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford to help us extend
the fight and achieve the goal of returning back to Parliament on 17
October.
Kāti ake e te iwi, kia korikori tātau ki te pōti, ki te whakangāoko
i te motu!
Ngā manaakitanga o te wā.
Nāku iti, nā
Che Wilson
President
Māori
Party
http://www.maoriparty.org/
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