Mana Party (New Zealand)

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Mana party
Logo of the Mana Party
Party leader Hone Harawira
founding April 30, 2011
Place of foundation Auckland
Alignment left, indigenous rights
Colours) Red Black
Parliament seats 0
Website www.mana.net.nz

The Mana Party is a left-wing party in New Zealand's political spectrum that campaigns for the indigenous rights of the Māori .

The party sees itself as a fighter who makes the voice of the poor heard and brings the dispossessed and the powerless into parliament. She wants to give the Treaty of Waitangi " mana " and thus power, meaning and influence, in the spirit that the tīpuna (ancestors) saw in it when the treaty was signed in 1840.

history

The party was created on the initiative of Hone Harawira , a former member of the Māori Party , for whom he sat in the House of Representatives until he left the party . Harawira opposed his party in January 2011 because he identified legislative initiatives directed against Māori in the coalition government with the National Party .

He left his party on February 23, 2011 and forced the formation of a new party under the name Mana , which was founded on April 30, 2011 in Auckland . After a formal and political dispute about the one by-election in his Māori constituency of Te Tai Tokerau , this could finally take place on June 25, 2011. With 49.15% of the votes cast, Harawira won the election and secured a seat in parliament for his party for the first time. For the General Election (parliamentary election) on November 26, 2011 he was predicted for the constituency 42%. The Mana Party entered the general election in November 2011 with 20 candidates on the list, but only achieved 1.08% of the vote. Harawira was able to win his constituency Te Tai Tokerau again.

For the 2014 parliamentary election, the Mana Party entered into an alliance with the Internet Party and stood for election under the name Internet MANA . Harawira lost his direct mandate and the electoral alliance only received 1.42% of the vote.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marika Hill : Harawira forces Te Tai Tokerau by election . stuff.co.nz - Fairfax Media , April 30, 2010, accessed November 22, 2011 .
  2. ↑ mana . Maori Dictionary , accessed April 29, 2019 .
  3. ↑ tīpuna . Maori Dictionary , accessed November 22, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Flyer for the parliamentary elections in November 2011. (PDF 277 kB) Mana Party, archived from the original on January 22, 2015 ; accessed on November 22, 2011 (English, original website no longer available).
  5. ^ Maori Party investigates complaint against Harawira . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , January 19, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Te Tai Tokerau by election official results . Elections New Zealand , archived from the original on February 9, 2013 ; accessed on January 26, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  7. ^ Battleground seats - Te Tai Tokerau . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , November 22, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011 .
  8. ↑ 2011 General Election - Official Count Results - Overall Status . Elections New Zealand , January 31, 2012, accessed February 5, 2016 .
  9. ↑ 2011 General Election - Official Count Results - Te Tai Tokerau . Elections New Zealand , December 10, 2011, accessed February 5, 2016 .
  10. ↑ 2014 General Election - Official Count Results - Overall Status . Elections New Zealand , October 10, 2014, accessed February 5, 2016 .