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!['Shame! Dumb! Doh!' - Harawira forgets to vote](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Shame! Dumb! Doh!' - Harawira forgets to vote
Hone Harawira says it was "dumb" and shameful that he forgot to vote on the bill that was the main reason for his break with the Maori Party.
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Harawira misses foreshore and seabed vote
The second reading of the bill to replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act has passed through Parliament and former Maori Party MP Hone Harawira wasn't there to vote against it - despite the bill being the reason for him leaving his party.
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National candidate wins Botany byelection
National candidate Jami-Lee Ross convincingly won the Botany byelection tonight and will become the youngest MP in Parliament this term.
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Botany byelection candidates fire final shots (+ video)
A vote for any Botany candidate is apparently a vote for all the same things: A strong voice in parliament. A good economy. A safe community. Good education.
![Harawira's no-show 'disrespectful'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Harawira's no-show 'disrespectful'
Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell is angry that Hone Harawira has today failed to turn up to the disciplinary hearing the rebel MP had explicitly asked for, calling Harawira's no-show disappointing and disrespectful.
![Botany candidates running cheap byelection campaigns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Botany candidates running cheap byelection campaigns
Ten vying for electorate in southeast Auckland predicted to be a sure bet for National Party
![Rebel MP 'wanted job as a minister'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Rebel MP 'wanted job as a minister'
Hone Harawira, wanted to become a minister when the Maori Party first went into coalition with National, according to a confidential statement by Te Ururoa Flavell.
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No review of ACC rejections - Smith
Nick Smith has ruled out holding an independent review of ACC's procedures around elective surgery claims unless the corporation begins to lose large numbers of appeals against its decisions.
![Penance done, back to politics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Penance done, back to politics
The man dubbed "Minister of Pornography" is on his way back, eight months after his fall from grace.
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Labour move to save public holidays gains wide support
Today is the last public holiday for New Zealanders until late April - but even then you're missing out.
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<i>Matt McCarten:</i> Top salesman faces his stiffest sell on assets
After the sale hysteria of the 1980s New Zealanders are in no mood to have their family silver hocked off yet again.