Rino Tirikatene

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New Zealand Parliament
The Honourable
Rino Tirikatene
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Tirikatene in 2023
11th Minister for Courts
In office
1 February 2023 –27 November 2023
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2011 –2014 50th Te Tai Tonga 45 Labour
2014 –2017 51st Te Tai Tonga none Labour
2017 –2020 52nd Te Tai Tonga none Labour
2020 –2023 53rd Te Tai Tonga 29 Labour
2023 –2024 54th List 21 Labour

In Opposition, 2011–2017

Tirikatene stood for Labour in Te Puku O Te Whenua in the 1996 election. [6] His father, Rino Tirikatene Senior, was originally selected for the seat but died suddenly on the campaign trail. Tirikatene was asked to replace his father. [7] That year, New Zealand First won all Māori electorates, with Rana Waitai beating Tirikatene and Tu Wyllie defeating Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. [8]

He was selected to represent Labour in the Te Tai Tonga electorate on 1 December 2010. [9] Te Tai Tonga is one of the seven Māori electorates, covers the South Island plus Wellington [10] and is New Zealand's largest electorate by area. [11] In the 2011 New Zealand general election, Tirikatene was placed at number 45 on the Labour Party list. [12]

He contested the Te Tai Tonga electorate against the incumbent, Rahui Katene of the Māori Party. Labour's selection of Tirikatene was criticised as cynical by Katene, as they are both from the same hapū, but this was rejected by Tirikatene, as "all Maoris connect up somewhere along the line". [10] Tirikatene won the electorate with a margin of 1,475 votes. [13] The electorate had previously been held by Labour, from 1999 until 2005. [14]

In 2013, Tirikatene voted against the Marriage Amendment Bill, which aims to permit same sex marriage in New Zealand, with fellow Labour MPs William Sio, Ross Robertson and Damien O'Connor. [15]

Tirikatene significantly increased his majority in the 2014 election and again in 2017. [16] [17] In Opposition for the six years of his Parliamentary career, Tirikatene served variously as the Labour Party spokesperson for customs, fisheries, tourism and Treaty of Waitangi negotiations, as well as holding a number of associate spokesperson roles. [18]

In Government, 2017–2023

When the Labour Party formed a coalition government in 2017, Tirikatene was appointed chairperson of the Māori Affairs select committee. [18]

During the 2020 general election, Tirikatene was re-elected by a margin of 6,855 votes, retaining Te Tai Tonga for Labour. [19]

In early November 2020, Tirikatane was appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries and Minister for Trade and Export Growth with responsibility for Māori Trade. [20] In a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on 31 January 2023 Tirikatene was appointed Minister for Courts and Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth. [21]

In Opposition, 2023–2024

During the 2023 general election, Tirikatane was unseated from his electorate seat by Te Pāti Māori (Māori Party) candidate Tākuta Ferris by a margin of 2,824 votes. [22] Tirikatane was re-elected to Parliament on the Labour party list. [23]

Following the formation of the National-led coalition government in late November 2023, Tirikatene became spokesperson for corrections and land information in the Shadow Cabinet of Chris Hipkins. [24]

On 5 December 2023, Tirikatene was granted retention of the title The Honourable , in recognition of his term as a member of the Executive Council. [25]

Tirakatene announced on 26 January 2024 that he would be resigning from Parliament with effect from 28 January, to "reset and take up new opportunities" – and would not be making a valedictory speech. The next candidate on Labour's party list, Tracey McLellan, would take up the seat vacated by Tirakatene. [26]

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  2. ↑ "Labour's Rino Tirikatene retiries from politics". Radio New Zealand. 26 January 2024.
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