August 21, 2023
Party list tries to reflect Aotearoa hou
Te Pāti Māori has 21-year-old Hauraki-Waikato candidate Hana Rawhiti Maipi as number four on its party list.
If she makes it into Parliament – which will happen if the party retains a seat and gets 3 per cent of the list vote – she’ll be the youngest member to have entered the House.
In the list released at Koroneihana yesterday, co-Leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi take the top two spots and former Labour minister Meke Whaitiri is at number three.
Ms Ngarewa-Packer says it’s about succession planning.
“We said that we were committed to an Aotearoa hou. At the moment 70 percent of Māori are under 40. We need to have leaders and political influencers who are going to look like that next generation,” she says.
Māori seat candidates Tākuta Ferris, Takutai Moana Kemp and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi take the next three spots, with Rotorua candidate Merepeka Raukawa Tait at number 8.
All candidates listed 10 to 15 are aged 40 or younger including former New Zealand Rugby League representative Hilda Peters and 26-year-old te reo advocate Eru Kapa Kingi.
The full list is:
1. Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Te Tai Hauāuru
2 Rawiri Waititi Waiariki
3 Meka Whaitiri Ikaroa-Rawhiti
4 Hana Maipi Hauraki-Waikato
5 Tākuta (Doc) Ferris Te Tai Tonga
6 Takutai Kemp Tāmaki Makaurau
7 Mariameno Kapa-Kingi Te Tai Tokerau
8 Merepeka Raukawa-Tait Rotorua
9 Eru Kapa-Kingi
10 Keanu Flavell
11 Hilda Peters
12 Arabela Boatwright
13 Pere Huriwai-Seger
14 Hoera Kereama
15 Te Ao Kapa
16 Bridget Bell
17 Te Whakapono Waikare
18 Rivah Hura
19 Conor Watene O’Sullivan
20 Dame Naida Glavich
21 Lady Tureiti Moxon
22 Dedrie Hemingway
23 Nancy Tuaine
24 Teresa Butler
25 Kyla Campbell-Kamariera
26 Jacqui Herema
27 Te Waka Ruapounamu McLeod
28 John Tamihere
29 Elijah Pue
30 Rangi McLean