Māori party

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Māori party
Party leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
John Tamihere

President: Che Wilson
founding July 7, 2004
Headquarters Porirua
Alignment Indigenous rights
Colours) Black, red and white
House of Representatives
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Website www.maoriparty.org

The Māori Party is a political party in New Zealand that seeks to translate the specific interests of the Māori into practical politics. The result is the party by Tariana Turia , the protest against the Foreshore-and-Seabed position of their Labor Party , resigned resigned in 2004 their minister from the party and thereby made necessary by-election in the Māori Electorate Te Tai Hauāuru the establishment of Māori Party on the way.

Formation and foundation

Ever since the Maori land march of 1975 , when - of Whina Cooper led - Thousands against the further sale of Māori protested place of birth, a protest movement arose within the Māori -Bevölkerung who had the political assert their interests to the target and as a result of their own Strengthening identity and culture began.

In 2003, the political conflict began over the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 , in which the Labor government at the time under Helen Clark wanted to persuade the Māori tribes to give up their right to property rights in the foreshore and seabed and in return for lucrative rights to sea farms to get. A notion which the Māori - Iwi rejected as completely unacceptable, gave Helen Clark a painful welcome on Waitangi Day 2004 and, in its escalation, also led to the conflict between Tariana Turia on the one hand and Helen Clark and the Labor Party on the other.

As a result of the foreshore-and-seabed controversy between the government and the Māori , around 1000 people came together on May 24, 2004 at the invitation of the Tainui - Iwi for a hui (meeting) in the Turangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia to discuss political enforcement to advise their positions and, on the other hand, to decide on the establishment of a Māori party. Representatives from all major Māori tribes were present, resolved to found the party by resolution, elected Tariana Turia as one of the interim co-chairs and spoke out in favor of being part of the by-election on July 10, 2004 in Te Tai Hauāuru - Māori constituency to participate. Other founding members besides Tariana Turia were u. a. Pita Sharples and Hone Harawira .

The party was registered and approved just one day before the by-election, although the party logo did not yet exist and could be submitted later. Tariana Turia was re-elected on July 10, 2004 with more than 90% of the vote in her constituency, Te Tai Hauāuru , making her the first Māori Party member of parliament . Your first official act as a member of parliament for the Māori Party took place on July 12, 2004 on the steps of the parliament. There she received the petitions against the Foreshore and Seabed Bill (law).

Parliamentary elections

In the parliamentary elections in 2005, the Māori Party achieved 2.1% of the votes nationwide, but was able to gain a stronger seat in parliament through the four direct seats won in the Māori Electorates Te Tai Hauāuru , Tāmaki Makaurau , Te Tai Tokerau and Waiariki .

In the parliamentary elections in 2008, the Māori Party also won the Māori constituency Te Tai Tonga and has since been represented by five members of parliament. The proportion of votes nationwide had increased only slightly compared to 2005 to 2.4%.

In the parliamentary elections in 2011, the Māori Party won three direct seats with 1.4% of the vote.

In the parliamentary elections in 2014, the Māori Party won only two seats, one of which was a direct seat, with a share of 1.3% of the vote.

In the parliamentary elections in 2017, the Māori Party no longer won a seat with a share of 1.2% of the vote and thus left parliament.

Goals of the party

With the slogan "our people are our greatest wealth" ( our people are our greatest wealth ), the party underlines the importance of the people they stand up for in the party.

Although the Māori Party claims to be a party for all citizens of the country, the statutes indicate that Kaupapa-Māori ( Māori ideology) is the basis on which the party exists, acts and works.

The goals of the party consist partly of promoting and strengthening the culture and the ethnic group of the Māori and partly of improving the living situation of the disadvantaged in the country. Here is an excerpt of the goals:

  • Introduction of lessons in the history of the Māori and Pacific Islanders in the Primary School and the Secondary School ,
  • Compulsory history lessons for those seeking naturalization in New Zealand history including the history of the Māori and the Pacific Islanders ,
  • fairer participation in political, economic and social processes that affect the interests of the Māori ,
  • more representatives of Māori in important positions in companies and institutions of the state,
  • Speeding up the processes in the Waitangi Tribunal ,
  • Securing the ownership rights of the foreshore and seabed and protecting them against sale and lease,
  • Promoting Māori companies,

Party logo

The party's logo is based on three ideas:

  • Māori - the name as the basis for the country, for the values ​​of the Māori , as an aspiration for New Zealand and for the affirmation as tangata whenua (as the indigenous people of the country).
  • Colors - white, black, red - based on the first Māori king Pōtatau Te Wherowhero , the white standing for the purity of New Zealand, the black for hard work and the recognition of progress to create a nation based on different positions and visions and the red color was taken as a symbol of dignity, leadership and pride in the homeland.
  • ao - literally means: world and should represent the world of the Māori , te Ao Māori , Aotearoa .

The curling bow in the "o" symbolizes the sprout of a silver fern leaf , which is unfolded and is considered the national symbol of New Zealand .

Government participation

With the National Party's victory in the parliamentary elections in 2008, John Key made the Māori Party an offer to assume government responsibility , although the majority did not require it. The offer was discussed very thoroughly and controversially in the party and at many discussion events in the Iwi throughout the country. The party's five elected representatives visited communities across the country to seek their opinion and support for government participation with the National Party . It was finally decided - despite reservations about the National Party - to seize the opportunity to shape and change in line with Māori politics. The result of the agreement with the National Party on November 16, 2008 was an eight-page agreement in which both sides promised to act in accordance with the Treaty of Waitangi and to clarify constitutional issues no later than 2010, in which Māori concerns also included one Play a role in acting in consensus on Māori seats and reviewing the Foreshore and Seabed bill. The latter did not remove the political explosive contained in the bill, but at least the National Party had drawn the Māori Party on its side, the party that emerged from the Foreshore and Seabed conflict with the Labor Party in 2004 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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  6. ^ Fury builds at Waitangi . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , February 6, 2004, accessed April 18, 2010 .
  7. Turia will be sacked if she votes against Government, says Clark . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , March 29, 2004, accessed April 18, 2010 .
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  10. Maori Party registered . Scoop - Politics , July 9, 2004, accessed April 18, 2010 .
  11. ^ First victory for NZ's Maori Party . ABC News Online , July 10, 2004, accessed August 29, 2014 .
  12. ^ Tariana Turia has first job as a Maori Party MP . Scoop - Parliament , July 12, 2004, accessed April 18, 2010 .
  13. ^ General elections 1996-2005 - seats won by party . Electoral Commission New Zealand , September 9, 2013, archived from the original January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 20, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  14. ^ Results of the 2008 General Election . Elections New Zealand , January 29, 2013, accessed December 30, 2015 .
  15. ^ Māori Party Constitution 2008 . Māori Party , archived from the original on May 27, 2010 ; accessed on May 3, 2019 .
  16. Minimum wage to rise on April 1 . Department of Labor , archived from the original on April 15, 2010 ; accessed on May 3, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
  17. Our logo . Māori Party , archived from the original on May 27, 2010 ; accessed on May 3, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
  18. ^ Relationship and Confidence and Supply Agreement between the National Party and the Maori Party . (PDF; 60 kB) New Zealand Parliament , archived from the original ; accessed on January 20, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  19. Colin James : Beneath the upside-down politics of indigenous rights . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , July 14, 2003, accessed April 19, 2010 .

Remarks

  1. With foreshore and Seabed (foreshore and seabed) is, according to the foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 meant the coast of New Zealand, which is limited on the high side by the highest water level (flood) and on the sea side by the outer territorial boundary.