Hone Harawira

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says he will spend more time in his Te Tai Tokerau electorate and less time campaigning nationally after a poll at the weekend indicated he could face a close contest at home in next month's election.

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira covers a lot of ground in an hour.

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says it was a mistake that an advertisement that ran in a newspaper during the Te Tai Tokerau by-election did not have the required promoter statement.

It might have been considered an expensive waste of time by Prime Minister John Key, but it is a safe bet the results of the Te Tai Tokerau by-election are being scrutinised by his re-election team. For if nothing else, the win by Hone Harawira to regain his place in Parliament, this time under the banner of his new Mana party, has thrown an alley cat among the kereru.

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says he will persist in seeking new talks with the Maori Party despite initial resistance from Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples and his own Mana members.

Hone Harawira says the Maori Party is going to pay a high price now that he is returning to Parliament as the leader of his new Mana Party.

Hone Harawira's Mana Party has been registered by the Electoral Commission on the eve of the Te Tai Tokerau by-election.

Te Tai Tokerau by-election candidates are today delivering their parting shots in an eventful campaign marked by interparty tensions, a contender's hospitalisation, and a leader's own-goal against their own candidate.

The Maori Party is calling on Mana Party leader Hone Harawira to apologise for his outburst against by-election rival Solomon Tipene.

Labour is heartened by a poll showing its candidate in the Te Tai Tokerau by-election neck-and-neck with incumbent Hone Harawira.