The Rātana movement is a church and pan-iwi political movement founded by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana in early 20th-century New Zealand. The Rātana Church has its headquarters at the settlement of Rātana Pānear Whanganui.
Dame Tariana Turia is a former New Zealand politician. She was first elected to Parliament in 1996. Turia gained considerable prominence during the foreshore and seabed controversy in 2004,and eventually broke with the Labour Party as a result. She resigned from parliament,and successfully contested a by-election in her former electorate as a candidate of the newly formed Māori Party,of which became a co-leader. She retired from Parliament in 2014.
Te Pāti Māori,also known as the Māori Party,is a political party in New Zealand advocating indigenous rights. It contests the specially reserved Māori electorates,in which its main rival is the Labour Party.
Sir Āpirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand statesman. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have served in parliament in the mid-20th century,and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language. His legacy is one of the most prominent of any New Zealand leader in the 20th century,and is commemorated by his depiction on the fifty dollar note.
In New Zealand politics,Māori electorates,colloquially known as the Māori seats,are a special category of electorate that give reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. Every area in New Zealand is covered by both a general and a Māori electorate;as of 2020,there are seven Māori electorates. Since 1967,candidates in Māori electorates have not needed to be Māori themselves,but to register as a voter in the Māori electorates people need to declare that they are of Māori descent.
Koro Tainui Wētere was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1969 to 1996,representing the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Māori Affairs in the Fourth Labour Government (1984–1990).
Māori politics is the politics of the Māori people,who were the original inhabitants of New Zealand and who are now the country's largest minority. Before the arrival of Pākehā(Europeans) in New Zealand,Māori society was based largely around tribal units,and chiefs provided political leadership. With the British settlers of the 19th century came a new British-style government. From the outset,Māori sought representation within this government,seeing it as a vital way to promote their people's rights and improve living standards. Modern Māori politics can be seen as a subset of New Zealand politics in general,but has a number of distinguishing features,including advocacy for indigenous rights and Māori sovereignty. Many Māori politicians are members of major,historically European-dominated political parties,but several Māori parties have been formed.
Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira is a New Zealand Māori activist and former parliamentarian. He was elected to parliament as the member for the Māori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau in 2005 as the Māori Party candidate.
Piri Wiri Tua Movement was a Māori political party in New Zealand associated with the Ratana movement. It was formed in 1999 with the aim of establishing a separate Māori assembly that would work in a partnership alongside Parliament to administer Māori affairs,social services,health and education and the Māori Land Court. The party's leader Te Kaiarahi Hui said the party's name referred to working closely with others to achieve benefits for Māori. He said Ratana had taken on the role of Piri Wiri Tua when he worked to meet the needs of Māori people.
The Tight Five was a nickname given to the five Māori MPs elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 1996 from the centrist/populist New Zealand First party.
Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene was a New Zealand Māori politician of the Ngāi Tahu tribe. Known in early life as Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen,he was the first Ratana Member of Parliament and was elected in a by-election for Southern Maori in June 1932 after the death of Tuiti Makitanara.
Matiu Waitai Rata was a Māori politician who was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 1963 to 1980,and a cabinet minister from 1972 to 1975. In 1979 he resigned from the Labour Party and formed the Mana Motuhake Party.
Tāpihana Paraire "Dobbie" Paikea,also known as Dobson,was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu who won the Northern Maori electorate for Labour in 1943. He was a Māori of Te Roroa,Te Parawhau and Ngāti Whātua descent. He was elected following the death of his father Paraire Karaka Paikea who had been the MP,and he held the parliamentary seat until his own death in 1963.
Te Tai Tokerau is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate that was created out of the Northern Maori electorate ahead of the first Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) election in 1996. It was held first by Tau Henare representing New Zealand First for one term,and then Dover Samuels of the Labour Party for two terms. From 2005 to 2014,it was held by MP Hone Harawira. Initially a member of the Māori Party,Harawira resigned from both the party and then Parliament,causing the 2011 by-election. He was returned under the Mana Party banner in July 2011 and confirmed at the November 2011 general election. In the 2014 election,he was beaten by Labour's Kelvin Davis,ending the representation of the Mana Party in Parliament.
Western Maori was one of New Zealand's four original parliamentary Māori electorates established in 1868,along with Northern Maori,Eastern Maori and Southern Maori. In 1996,with the introduction of MMP,the Maori electorates were updated,and Western Maori was replaced with the Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Puku O Te Whenua electorates.
Kelvin Glen Davis is a New Zealand politician and a member of the House of Representatives who has served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 1 August 2017.
The 2014 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 20 September 2014 to determine the membership of the 51st New Zealand Parliament.
The Mana Movement,originally known as the Mana Party,is a former political party in New Zealand. The party was led by Hone Harawira who formed it in April 2011 following his resignation from the Māori Party. Harawira won the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau of 25 June 2011 for the Mana Party and retained the seat during the 2011 general election in November.
The 2011 Te Tai Tokerau by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Te Tai Tokerau that was caused by Hone Harawira's resignation from the seat. Prior to resigning his seat,Harawira had resigned from the Māori Party and formed his own Mana Party.
Adrian Paki Rurawhe is a New Zealand Labour Party politician. He is the speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives,the second Māori to hold the position,and Member of Parliament for Te Tai Hauāuru.
