Tribute to Former NZ High Commissioner to the Cook Islands; NZ First
Posted: September 25, 2008 Filed under: Breaking News, Community, Current, Honour & Tribute, NZPacific, Politics, South Pacific Region | Tags: brian donnelly, nz first, nz high commissioner to the cook islands, winston peters Leave a comment
Former NZ First MP Brian Donnelly passed away Thursday 25th September. Fluent in Cooks Islands Maori, he served briefly as NZ High Commissioner To the Cook Islands before resigning the post due to illness.
NZ First Media Release A Tribute To Hon Brian Donnelly QSO
25 September 2008
A Tribute To Hon Brian Donnelly QSO
New Zealand First has paid tribute to former MP, Brian Donnelly, who died this afternoon at the Mercy Hospice in Ponsonby Auckland, after an illness. Read the rest of this entry »
Backgrounder on Maungakiekie Electorate; Q & A with Pacific Candidates; Lotu-Iiga and Lole-Taylor
Posted: September 18, 2008 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Community, Current, NZ General Election 2008, NZPacific, Politics | Tags: carol beaumont, CTU, labour mp vui mark gosche, le aufa'amulia asenati lole-taylor, maori party, maungakiekie, national, nz first, NZ General Election 2008, nz pacific news, nzpacific news, peseta sam lotu-iiga, vui mark gosche, winston peters Leave a commentAuckland’s Maungakiekie electorate includes the suburban communities of Penrose, Ellerslie, One Tree Hill, and the Panmure Basin. It was partly redrawn in 2007 and now also includes Royal Oak, Onehunga, and Point England.
The seat is currently held by Labour MP for Maungakiekie Vui Mark Gosche who’s stepping down from politics to be closer to his family in Auckland. Vui has served as electorate MP for Maungakiekie for 8 year…winning a 6450 voting majority over his nearest rival, National’s Paul Goldsmith. The latter scored less than 10,000 votes. Read the rest of this entry »
Q & A:Maungakiekie’s Pacific candidates for National and New Zealand First
Posted: September 17, 2008 Filed under: NZ General Election 2008, Politics | Tags: Asenati Lole-Taylor, labour, labour mp vui mark gosche, maungakiekie, national, national candidate Sam lotu-Iiga, nz first, NZ General Election 2008 Leave a commentNow that a date’s been set for the New Zealand General Election 2008, I’ve invited National’s candidate Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga and Le-Aufa’amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor to take part in an online interview.
Asenati has already responded. She is media savvy this woman. We hope to hear soon from Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga. Sent through an email to his national.org.nz address earlier today. We will publish their responses tomorrow. So watch this space.
Currently the seat is held by retiring Labour MP Vui Mark Gosche who’s held the seat with a 6450 majority. In his place, CTU Secretary Carol Beaumont will campaign heavily to retain the seat under Labour.
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