Mojo Mathers, Green MP and deaf to boot, traveled to a radio interview to discuss issues faced by a person in her position. She said it was necessary for her to go, as she has to be able to read the lips of the interviewer, something she can't do over the phone. As a result she is being attacked by right wing bloggers for 'wasting tax-payers' money'.
Good grief.
Good grief!!!
Waiting now for Keeping Stock's post attacking Mojo.
Shouldn't be a long wait.
* Andrew Geddis @ Pundit has covered the shameful business here.
He's titled his piece, "Let's all pick on the deaf girl".
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Green women
I was, by very kind invitation, guest speaker at the Green Party policy conference last night in Invercargill. I had a blast, reminding myself and many in the audience, of incidents from our shared green past. Once I was done (my ramble took about an hour, by which time I had covered a lot of ground, in a zig-zaggy kind of way) I was pretty wrung out. As I regained my composure and drank a glass of complimentary red wine, I enjoyed some delightful conversations with these Green MPs; Mojo Mathers, Holly Walker, Julie Anne Genter, Catherine Delahunty and Eugenie Sage. What charming, engaging and self-assured women they are!
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Mojo on Food
Newest Green MP, Mojo Mathers has written her first Frogblog post, on the Food Bill and brings us up to date on what seems to be a very ill-defined position from the Government. She writes:
"In the last Parliament Sue Kedgley met with the Minister of Food Safety Kate Wilkinson and sought to exempt small growers, people who sell food directly to consumers, and those who barter or swap food, from some of the more onerous food regulations contained in the new Food Bill.
This bill, which is currently before Parliament, will replace the 1981 Food Act.
Sue called publicly for these groups to be exempted. Unfortunately so far as we know the Minister has failed to move on our concerns. One small win however was an assurance from Ms Wilkinson that she would be revisiting the issues surrounding seed exchanges with officials.
However given the Food Bill is not yet law, there is still plenty of time for amendments to be made. It is due to be debated again in the next Parliament and is yet to go through its second reading, committee stages and third reading stages.
This is why I am looking to get feedback from those who grow and sell food regarding their thoughts on the Food Bill."
Mojo ends with: " If the freedom to grow and share food is threatened by the Food Bill, the Green Party will be opposing it."
Good stuff.
Further more...
Oooby have this information for anyone concerned:
A message to all members of Ooooby (http://ooooby.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-bill-time-for-action?xg_source=activity) Many of you will be aware of the Food Bill that is due to be passed through Parliament over the summer holidays. This Bill directly effects Ooooby and its members. In a nutshell, if the new Food Bill is passed then 'unexempted' sharing and trading of homegrown food would be a criminal offence. This sounds ridiculous I know, but it is true. We're not into scare mongering here at Ooooby and it would be remiss of us to not respond to this considering the relevance. One thing you can do is to sign this online petition. http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/oppose-the-new-zealand-gov... (http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/oppose-the-new-zealand-government-food-bill-160-2/1301) There are over 14,000 signatures already and we need 50,000 to make ourselves heard. Another thing you can do is forward this to as many people as you know. At this link are three independent interpretations of the Food Bill. http://ooooby.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-bill-time-for-action They are a longish read (nowhere near as long as the actual Food Bill itself) and they highlight the main points of concern. If you have any ideas on how else we can prevent this Bill from going through, please let us all know in the comments at this link (http://ooooby.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-bill-time-for-action?xg_source=activity). Visit Ooooby at: http://ooooby.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
"In the last Parliament Sue Kedgley met with the Minister of Food Safety Kate Wilkinson and sought to exempt small growers, people who sell food directly to consumers, and those who barter or swap food, from some of the more onerous food regulations contained in the new Food Bill.
This bill, which is currently before Parliament, will replace the 1981 Food Act.
Sue called publicly for these groups to be exempted. Unfortunately so far as we know the Minister has failed to move on our concerns. One small win however was an assurance from Ms Wilkinson that she would be revisiting the issues surrounding seed exchanges with officials.
However given the Food Bill is not yet law, there is still plenty of time for amendments to be made. It is due to be debated again in the next Parliament and is yet to go through its second reading, committee stages and third reading stages.
This is why I am looking to get feedback from those who grow and sell food regarding their thoughts on the Food Bill."
Mojo ends with: " If the freedom to grow and share food is threatened by the Food Bill, the Green Party will be opposing it."
Good stuff.
Further more...
Oooby have this information for anyone concerned:
A message to all members of Ooooby (http://ooooby.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-bill-time-for-action?xg_source=activity) Many of you will be aware of the Food Bill that is due to be passed through Parliament over the summer holidays. This Bill directly effects Ooooby and its members. In a nutshell, if the new Food Bill is passed then 'unexempted' sharing and trading of homegrown food would be a criminal offence. This sounds ridiculous I know, but it is true. We're not into scare mongering here at Ooooby and it would be remiss of us to not respond to this considering the relevance. One thing you can do is to sign this online petition. http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/oppose-the-new-zealand-gov... (http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/oppose-the-new-zealand-government-food-bill-160-2/1301) There are over 14,000 signatures already and we need 50,000 to make ourselves heard. Another thing you can do is forward this to as many people as you know. At this link are three independent interpretations of the Food Bill. http://ooooby.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-bill-time-for-action They are a longish read (nowhere near as long as the actual Food Bill itself) and they highlight the main points of concern. If you have any ideas on how else we can prevent this Bill from going through, please let us all know in the comments at this link (http://ooooby.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-bill-time-for-action?xg_source=activity). Visit Ooooby at: http://ooooby.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
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