Patricia Hekia Parata (born 1 November 1958) is a former New Zealand public servant, diplomat, and politician. After a career as a senior public servant, Parata was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, representing the National Party, from 2008 until 2017.

Education Minister Hekia Parata says the Prime Minister's suggestion that her husband's ill-health played a part in her shock decision to retire from politics is wrong. Parata is married to Sir...

2016年10月20日 · Education Minister Hekia Parata says she will leave Parliament after giving a decade of her life to politics, with no plans other than the ‘‘great blue horizon’’ of life outside of the Beehive.

2021年9月17日 · John Key said that he wanted NZ to become some kind of hub for international money (it sounds great on the surface but he was essentially setting us up to do something akin to money laundering through our stockmarket for his international mates). Here's where it …

2012年12月20日 · Prime Minister John Key continues to have confidence in Education Minister Hekia Parata despite renewed calls for her to be sacked. Opposition parties say Ms Parata needs to be held to account for failures in education and should follow Secretary of Education Lesley Longstone in resigning.

2023年11月15日 · The Hon Hekia Parata has announced her resignation from Te Tira Ārai Urutā, with effect on 15 November 2023. Ms Parata informed the Minister of Internal Affairs in July of …

Prime Minister John Key says Education Minister Hekia Parata will be safe in an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle, despite her troubles last year, because she is hugely talented and one of National's...

2010年12月7日 · Prime Minister John Key today announced that Hekia Parata is to be appointed a Minister in Cabinet. “Ms Parata takes over the Ethnic Affairs and Women’s Affairs portfolios previously held by Pansy Wong. She will also be Associate Minister for ACC, of Energy and Resources and for the Community and Voluntary Sector,” Mr Key says.

2016年10月21日 · As was first pointed exclusively out by The Daily Blog, the reason why Hekia and Key are at odds over why she will resign is because Key publicly needs the reason to be her husbands health, and not the real reason. National are eyeing up the possibility of a fourth term with real hunger.

Patricia Hekia Parata (born 1 November 1958) is a former New Zealand public servant, diplomat, and politician. Quick Facts The Honourable, 45th Minister of Education ...