Asenati Taylor

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Le'Aufa'amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Zealand First party list
In office
26 November 2011 (2011-11-26) –20 September 2014
Personal details
Born
Asenati Lole

1962or1963(age 60–61) [1]
Apia, Samoa
NationalitySamoan and New Zealand
Political party New Zealand First
SpouseDennis Taylor
Children3
Residence(s)Central Coast, Australia
ProfessionAdministrator

Le'Aufa'amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor [2] (born 1962or1963) is a former New Zealand politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party from 2011 to 2014.

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Early life

Born in Samoa, [3] Taylor emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 17. [4] She served as chairperson of the Auckland City Pacific Islands Board [5] and as a member of the Pacific Health Advisory Committee [6] of the Auckland District Health Board. Prior to election to Parliament, Taylor worked as the Regional Advisor Pacific Northern Region for Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services at the Department of Corrections. [7] [8]

She has three children and one stepson. [9] She holds the chiefly title Le'Aufa'amulia from the Samoan village of Falese'ela. [10]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2011 –2014 50th List 8 NZ First

Taylor ran for office on three occasions under the name Asenati Lole-Taylor. In 2007, she was an unsuccessful New Zealand Labour Party candidate in the Tamaki-Maungakiekie Ward in the Auckland City Council elections. [9]

By the following year she had changed parties to New Zealand First. She contested the 2008 election in the Maungakiekie electorate, and was placed seventh on the party list, but the party won no seats. For the 2011 election she contested Manukau East and elected as the eighth-ranked candidate on the party list. [11]

As a member of parliament, Taylor was a member of the law and order committee until March 2012 and thereafter sat on the social services committee. From March 2012 until the end of her term she was the New Zealand First party spokesperson on corrections, ethnic affairs, Pacific Island affairs and social welfare, and the associate spokesperson on housing. [10] A member's bill in Taylor's name, the Sentencing (Protection of Children from Criminal Offending) Amendment Bill, passed its first reading in September 2013 and was defeated in December 2014. [12]

In 2013, Taylor voted against the Marriage Amendment Bill, which aimed to permit same sex marriage in New Zealand, with all of her fellow New Zealand First MPs. [13]

After being demoted to the sixteenth position on the New Zealand First party list, Lole-Taylor failed to return to Parliament at the 2014 general election. [14]

After Parliament

Following her demotion and subsequent failure to get re-elect Taylor has kept a low profile. Taylor came to prominence when it was found both she and her husband, Dennis Taylor, had illicitly accessed private data during their time working for the Department of Corrections. The access was found to be in regards to an elected official of the New Zealand First Party. Records pertaining to drink driving offences committed by Marise Bishop, a former director on New Zealand First's board and Mana electorate chairwoman, were accessed from Corrections. Bishop believed Dennis Taylor's motivation was down to his wife's loyalty to fellow Samoan New Zealand First member Tim Manu who was active in the Mana electorate but with whom Bishop had fallen out with. [15] Following the release of this information Taylor hinted she was contemplating a move to Australia and removed most of her social media presence, having been known for outspoken tweets during her time as an MP. [16]

In May 2015 Taylor left New Zealand despite a probe into the activities of her and her husband. They were believed to have left New Zealand in March. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "MP Asenati Lole-Taylor on the 'BJ' word". NZ Herald. 19 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Electoral Commission. "Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties". 2008 General Election – Official Result. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. ↑ ABC International. "NZ First MP second Pacific woman MP". Radio Australia: Pacific Beat. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Taylor, Asenati. "Profile". Asenati Talor: NZ First-Manukau East Electorate. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Lole-Taylor, L.-A. A. "Statement to the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance by the Pacific Islands Board Auckland City" (PDF). Royal Commission on Auckland Governance – Submissions. Royal Commission on Auckland Governance. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Auckland District Health Board. "Community and Public Health Advisory Committee Minutes" (PDF). Auckland District Health Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Department of Corrections. "Pacific leaders play part in rehabilitation" (PDF). Corr Volunteer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  8. ↑ Department of Corrections. "Pasifika history and culture an important part of rehabilitation". 2010 Media Releases. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  9. 1 2 Lole-Taylor, Asenati. "Asenati Lole-Taylor running for local government". Newsroom 23–29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  10. 1 2 "Lole-Taylor, Asenati". New Zealand Parliament. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "New Zealand First Endorses Pacific Leader". 10 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Sentencing (Protection of Children from Criminal Offending) Amendment Bill". New Zealand Parliament. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Marriage equality bill: How MPs voted". The New Zealand Herald . 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand First List 2014" (Press release). New Zealand First. Scoop. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "MP's husband under investigation".
  16. ↑ "Former MP Asenati Lole-Taylor Broke Rules by Accessing Records". Stuff.co.nz. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Former NZ First MP leaves country during police probe". 2 May 2015.
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