Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke [1] (born 2002) [a] is a New Zealand politician, representing Te Pāti Māori as a Member of Parliament since the 2023 New Zealand general election. She is the youngest MP since James Stuart-Wortley.

Māori politics (Māori: tōrangapū Māori) 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 (rangatira) provided political leadership.

Sir Āpirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) 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 …

Important leaders of Māori society have represented their people in the House: Māui Pōmare, James Carroll, Matiu Rata and, most famously, Apirana Ngata. These and other men – and they were all men until 1949, when Iriaka Rātana was elected – could be lonely Māori voices in a Pākehā-dominated House.

2024年11月14日 · New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.

Prior to 1890 there were no political parties as such in Parliament. You can find more detail on these MPs in the Roll of members of the NZ House of Representatives, 1854 onwards. Matiu Ratana replaced Haami Ratana on 10th February 1945. Whetu Tirikatene-Sulivan replaced Eruera Tirikatene on 11th March 1967.

Hōne Heke Ngāpua was elected to Parliament in 1893 and represented the people of Northern Māori almost continuously until his death in 1909.

2023年11月9日 · It’s a striking contrast that 21-year-old Māori MP-elect Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, set to be New Zealand’s youngest lawmaker in 170 years, is well aware of. As race issues took center stage across...

2023年12月14日 · There are 33 Māori MPs across all six parties in Parliament. The new MPs of the 54th Parliament. Source: Office of the Clerk. 155 years after New Zealand's first Māori MPs were elected, the 54th Parliament now has more Māori representation than ever before. There are 33 MPs of Māori descent across all six parties in Parliament.

2024年11月15日 · Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.