John Tamihere

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John Henry Tamihere (* 1959 in Auckland , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand politician with the Māori Party and has been a co-chair of his party since 2020. From 1999 to 2004 he sat for the New Zealand Labor Party in the New Zealand Parliament .

Life

John Henry Tamihere was the tenth of twelve children of a māori -born father and a Catholic mother, who their ancestors in Ireland and Scotland , had in Auckland born. He received his education at St Mary's Convent and St Peter's College and graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Laws .

He then worked from 1985 to 1886 as a solicitor for the Department of Māori Affairs and for the Māori Land Court . In 1991 he became CEO of the Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust . Since the urban Māori had no concessions or rights to land at the time, Tamihere filed a lawsuit with the Waitangi Tribunal and later with the Privy Council in London and won the case. He was also the chairman of the New Zealand Maori Rugby League Board for several years .

Political career with the Labor Party

In 1999 he moved into the New Zealand Parliament via the Hauraki constituency for the New Zealand Labor Party and won the Māori Electorate Tāmaki Makaurau (constituency specifically for Māori ) in 2002 , which he lost three years later to Pita Sharples of the Māori Party and the parliament had to leave again. During his time in Parliament he was

  • August 15, 2002 - October 15, 2004 - Minister of Youth Affairs
  • August 15, 2002 - October 15, 2004 - Minister of Statistics
  • August 15, 2002 - October 15, 2004 - Minister for Land Information
  • May 19, 2003 - October 15, 2004 - Minister for Small Business

On October 15, 2004, he retired from ministerial positions and on November 3, 2004, he resigned from all ministerial posts.

Candidate for the Māori Party

Tamihere has been one of the co-chairs of the Māori Party since April 2020 and, together with Debbie Ngarewa - Packer, is running as a leadership duo for the parliamentary elections in autumn 2020.

Awards

  • 1997 - New Zealander of the Year , recognized by North and South Magazine
  • 1997 - Person of the Year awarded by the Sunday Star Times
  • 1998 - Man of the Year , recognized by Metro Magazine

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d John H. Tamihere - Ngāti Porou, Te Whakatōhea - 1959 - . Kōmako , archived from the original on January 24, 2020 ; accessed on July 5, 2020 (English, original website no longer available).
  2. ↑ Willie Jackson  : John Tamihere . Ngāti Porou, Whakatohea, Tainui , Irish, Scottish . 100 Māori Leaders , 2019, accessed July 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b John Tamihere . New Zealand Parliament , archived from the original on February 11, 2005 ; accessed on July 5, 2020 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ^ Māori Party - Co-Leaders - John Tamihere . Māori Party , accessed July 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tamihere, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tamihere, John Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician of the Māori Party and formerly the New Zealand Labor Party
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Auckland , New Zealand