Luke Wijohn

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Luke Leon Taitoa Wijohn (born 25 February 2002) is a New Zealand environmental activist and politician.

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Personal life

Wijohn was born on 25 February 2002. [1] He is of Māori descent. His iwi are Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Tūhoe, and Te Rarawa. [2] He attended Māori immersion class at Richmond Road School and later attended Western Springs College, where he was captain of the hockey team. [3] [4]

Activism and politics

In 2017, Wijohn volunteered on Julie Anne Genter's election campaign. In 2019, he helped lead the School Strike for Climate in Auckland, with a turnout of 80,000. [4] He accepted the Ambassador of Conscience Award on behalf of the movement. [5]

Wijohn was selected by Chlöe Swarbrick for the 2019 New Zealand Youth Parliament. During general debate, he moved for the Youth Parliament to declare a climate emergency. The motion was passed in two minutes. Wijohn and 78 other Youth MPs signed an open letter to their adult counterparts urging them to also declare a climate emergency. [6] [7]

In August 2019, Wijohn and 13 other teenagers received a one year ban from parliament grounds by Speaker Trevor Mallard for singing "Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi" and flying the Tino Rangatiratanga flag in the public gallery in support of the protests at Ihumātao. [8]

Wijohn was selected in February 2020 to contest Mount Albert in the 2020 New Zealand general election. Of several teen candidates, he was the youngest, turning 18 less than 8 months from the election. As with most Green Party candidates, he was campaigning primarily for the party vote. [4] He was placed 18th on the party list. In the election he came third with 5.56% of the vote, and his list placement was not high enough to enter parliament. [9] [10]

On 27 August 2021, while under COVID-19 lockdown, Wijohn observed the police in Wellington arresting a man and made a video of it. The police threatened to arrest him. [11]

Wijohn supports lowering the voting age and improving civics education in schools. [1] [12] He supports a wealth tax and cannabis legalisation. [3] [13]

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  1. 1 2 "Green Party candidate makes pointed dig at 'arbitrary' voting age while celebrating 18th birthday". 1 News. 25 February 2020.
  2. ↑ https://policy.nz/parties/Green-Party
  3. 1 2 Elliott, John (2020). "Green candidate for Mt Albert – Luke Wijohn". Ponsonby News.
  4. 1 2 3 Franks, Josephine (19 February 2020). "Greens select school strike leader Luke Wijohn for Mt Albert in 2020 election". Stuff.co.nz.
  5. ↑ "Youth have 'woken up' New Zealand on climate, says Amnesty International". Stuff.co.nz. 17 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Dixon, Sophie (18 July 2019). "Youth Parliament 2019 declares climate emergency". RNZ.
  7. ↑ Aschoff, Kate (23 July 2019). "Youth MPs send climate change hurry-up to MPs". RNZ.
  8. ↑ Walls, Jason (19 February 2020). "Green Party MP hopeful one of 14 youth kicked out of, and banned, from Parliament last year". New Zealand Herald.
  9. ↑ "Mt Albert – Official Result". Electoral Commission.
  10. ↑ "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission.
  11. ↑ "Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Police threaten to arrest ex-Greens candidate Luke Wijohn who films them making late night arrest". New Zealand Herald. 28 August 2021.
  12. ↑ Ensor, Jamies (8 October 2020). "NZ Election 2020: Teenagers Luke Wijohn, William Wood on why they're standing for Parliament". Newshub.
  13. ↑ Tyson, Jessica (23 October 2020). "Youngest Green Party candidate reflects on first time standing in election". Te Ao Maori News.
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