The policy also emphasised all Covid-19 recovery bodies should reflect the Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi relationship in their structure and membership. He flipped the seat red after Tariana Turia retired and held it by a margin of 1000 votes in 2017 against rugby league star and Māori Party candidate Howie Tamati. Labour has more Māori MPs now than they did in 2017 with 15; Dr Shane Reti and Simon Bridges are in Parliament for the National Party; and ACT and Green have three each; and Rawiri Waititi for The Māori Party. Ngarewa-Packer told Stuff the low ranking of a co-leader served two purposes, it sent a message to Tāmaki Makaurau voters and reflected the party’s Māori values. Willow-Jean Prime – Northland - Winning list, 37. Kelvin Davis – Te Tai Tokerau - Electorate win, 10. “We have a leader at the front, and a leader at the back, and it makes sure we come together as a strong and united team ... We want to be a party that reflects our values.”. Our view is, how can our policies help reset the balance?". He sees his skills learned from these trades as transferrable to other jobs and industries. 2. Rurawhe narrowly won the electorate over Māori Party candidate Howie Tamati in the 2017 election - 9791 to 8752. Small to medium-sized businesses were more important to the Māori economy for creating employment, rather than the big corporates, and overarching iwi. But with two new candidates contesting the seat at the next election, Rurawhe won 8089 against the Māori Party candidate's 6535. Bubble breaks: 55 NZ passengers travelled to Melbourne, 25 to Perth, Matthew Hooton: Triumphant Greens face difficult choice. "There was just too much reliance on people like us to do it alone. She wants to be a voice for all New Zealanders and ensure the rights of the people are upheld. He said the same story was being told across the electorate. What I do see is this amazing Māori and Pākehā rangatahi who really just want things to be right. The party was turfed out of Parliament after nine years in government with National and - Labour's candidates argued - little to show for it. But now she has a chance to turn the tables on Labour, going to the electorate and weaponising Labour's 2017 argument as a case for voting out Rurawhe. Māori Party candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Labour incumbent for Te Tai Hauāuru, Adrian Rurawhe. Through Iwi and community roles he has helped improve the lives of those in his community and advocated for the region in Parliament. Bailey-Taurua wishes to see religious values and principles brought into Parliament and promoted across the country. Wikaira says Māori eyes are going to be on those Māori MPs to be able to achieve big results. While she's achieved a lot in her career, Ngarewa-Packer says she's come to realise that, given the way the system is currently structured, iwi and communities still don't have agency over how their own lives play out or how their environment is affected. "Who else has their party campaign launch in a marae?" READ MORE:• Election 2020: Māori Party launch Whānau First policy, say Covid 19 highlighted 'major racism and inequity'• Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer calls for NZ colonial statues to be removed• John Tamihere, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer new Maori Party co-leaders• Māori Party selects Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for critical Te Hauāuru seat. Bubble breaks: 55 NZ passengers travelled to Melbourne, 25 to Perth, Matthew Hooton: Triumphant Greens face difficult choice. The Māori Party believes that indigenous solutions can help unlock the wellbeing of our whānau, and our nation. So 3000 Labour voters actually split their votes and gave some of them to Howie. However, some 30 per cent of voters were undecided. Arena Williams – Manurewa - Electorate win, 4. We will no longer be treated as second-class citizens in a first world country," said Tamihere, his voice cracking as he spoke. Ngarewa-Packer works as a director of Tui Ora Health Ltd, Homecare Medical LTD. She was previously a member of the Māori Economic Development Advisory Board. Māori Party candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Labour incumbent for Te Tai Hauāuru, Adrian Rurawhe. They want rights respected and they want the environment respected. Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer was ranked first, and Tamihere has “bookended” the party’s candidates for the Māori electorates. This budget has failed to meet the lofty budgets bought down by Michael Joseph Savage and David Lange. She is the former deputy mayor of South Taranaki District Council. ic in huge broad sweeps that defined us for generations. Rino Tirikatene – Te Tai Tonga - Electorate win, 36. "I am not campaigning against Marama and Peeni, but the Pākehā people who control them.". The party has since had a refresh, appointing new leaders in John Tamihere, who's running in Tāmaki Makaurau, and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, a Ngāti Ruanui iwi leader running in Te Tai Hauāuru. The party, which had previously been in a coalition government with the National Party, failed to win any Māori seats in 2017, all won by Labour candidates. Judith Collins went dark last night, declining media interviews and disappearing to reflect on her party’s devastating loss. "Now we start afresh. After advance voting commences, his campaign will check up on each persuaded or persuadable voter at least twice before election day to make sure they've filled out their ballot or to tell them where their polling place is if they are unsure. "He has been the only Māori who won different general seats for two different parties [winning Hunua and Tauranga for National and Northland for NZ First].". "In Māori electorates, you can't assume that the candidate votes for one candidate in a previous election is going to be transferred for the next candidate for that party," he says. Adrian Rurawhe – Te Tai Hauāuru - Electorate win, 25. Paul Eagle – Rongotai - Electorate win, 51. After the 2017 election, Te Ao Māori News reported the numbers of MPs of Māori descent were 13 in the Labour Party, eight in the National Party, six in New Zealand First, one in the Green Party and one in the ACT Party. But this time, it may be the party's last chance. With Peters, a core of Māori veteran political power will exit Parliament with the departure of New Zealand First. “Mariameno brings a fresh injection of life into Te Tai Tokerau for the Party” says President Che Wilson. Tamihere's searing address was followed by Ngarewa-Packer, who Manurewa Marae chairman Rangi McLean had earlier referred to as providing "balance" to Tamihere, a "taniwha". Two years later, Ngarewa-Packer took on the role of kaiarataki of Te Runanga o Ngāti Ruanui and shortly thereafter started leading the opposition to seabed mining in the region. He said the most common issue his campaign had found in the electorate was employment. The Māori Party believes that indigenous solutions can help unlock the wellbeing of our whānau, and our nation. These values have been an important part in my whānau and to Māori. Subscribe now to start a free 28-day trial. As well as that spectacular battle, it was the number of Māori running in this year's general election that caught the attention of political analyst Chris Wikaira. Election 2020: Who are the MPs ejected from the Beehive? Ngarewa-Packer said she was the co-leader placed first in the party’s line-up because she was considered the party’s best chance of winning an electorate seat, Te Tai Hauāuru, and because she was a woman. In a rousing speech that had the crowd in cheers and tears, and covered core Māori issues from Ihumātao - "It needs to be given back", to the Covid-19 response - "We have a right not to be an afterthought", Tamihere said their new policy would put Māori at the forefront. The affirmative action policy, modelled off programmes overseas, demands Māori equity and equality to help reverse "decades of discrimination and disadvantage", and put Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi at the core of government. My strategy is find the votes that are persuadable, the voters that are persuadable, and then go out and persuade them.". While Labour candidates often struggle to prove their economic bona fides while facing off against fiscally conservative National Party politicians, running in a Māori seat against a minor party candidate erases that disadvantage for him. Noeline Apiata, Advance NZ’s candidate for the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate, lives in Ngāruawāhia where she was raised. National recently came under fire for not having any Māori MPs in its top 12, comments from MP Judith Collins, and Muller has also drawn criticism from Māori in his Bay of Plenty electorate over his position around a Motiti Island court decision. Don’t ask for whom the polls toll in Te Tai Hauāuru – it could be for anybody. The Māori Party says all stolen land should be up for negotiation, even if it’s now privately owned. She has developed free health care services in her role as kaiarataki of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui, and has spoken on behalf of south Taranaki on many occasions nationally. "And I know that because, I think what happened in 2017 is, if it was another candidate I would have won more votes. Years of effort at nurturing South Taranaki's tuna (eel) population back to healthy levels was frustrated when pollution from industry, petroleum exploration and dairy farms nearly wiped them out again. Election 2020: Local Focus - who is Rawiri Waititi, Māori Party candidate for Waiariki? reopen Treaty settlements to cover land that was stolen during colonisation but is now privately-owned. John Tamihere: National 'pushing Māori' away, Covid-19 highlighted 'major racism and inequity' - Māori Party, Māori Party says policies run by Pākehā fail Māori, Election 2020: Advance NZ get close to 1 per cent, David Fisher: One final election in pursuit of Winston Peters. Rurawhe said he was “well-behind” in the last election’s Māori Television polling before eventually winning the seat. The flagship policy would ensure a quarter of all government funding for Covid-19 recovery projects over the next two years would be delivered through the Māori workforce, businesses and organisations. Election 2020: How the world reacted to Jacinda Ardern's landslide victory, Election 2020: Shane Jones drowns his sorrows during harrowing night for NZ First, Bathurst 1000 recap: Kiwi driver Shane van Gisbergen secures first Bathurst triumph, Election 2020: Jacinda Ardern claims biggest Labour victory in 50 years. "No longer will we fill prisons, will they take our babies. Rurawhe was keen to boost Māori voting – and would be pushing whānau to check in and make sure other were getting registered to vote. "Actually, I agree with everything John says.". They’re worried about jobs for their children in the future.”. READ MORE: * Racist attack hits four election hoardings of Māori Party co-leader * Election 2020: John Tamihere on why 2020 isn't the Māori Party's year * John Tamihere and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer selected as new Māori Party co-leaders.
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