July 31, 2015
Dear Barack …
Mana Party leader Hone Harawira has written a tongue-in-cheek letter to US President Barack Obama asking him to scrap the TPPA deal.
Staring the open letter "Hey hey, mah bruddah" Mr Harawira asks the President to reconsider endorsing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement currently in its final stages of negotiation because of Maori fears that it will make Treaty claims impossible.
He says 'it sucks' that Maori aren't even allowed to look at the agreement which promises to compromise New Zealand's sovereignty before it gets signed off.
Mr Harawira says he's confident that if the President took up his offer to come fishing they could sort out the trade problems over a few beers
He signs off – "Anyway, gotta go – gotta pick up the mokos. Love to the whanau! Laterz bro,"
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