Metiria Turei

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Metiria Turei (born February 13, 1970 in Palmerston North ) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist . She is a member of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand , was spokeswoman and co-chair of the party and from 2002 to 2017 Member of Parliament of New Zealand .

Education and private matters

Metiria Turei grew up in Palmerston North , moved to Wellington at the age of 18, and had her first experience of being unemployed . She moved back to her hometown, attended Teachers' College , participated in the Unemployed Rights Movement and was the coordinator of the National Māori Beneficiaries Network (national supply network for Māori ). There she learned to assert herself as a woman and as a younger person against men and older men. At the age of 22 she became a single mother with one daughter. She later moved from Palmerston North to Auckland to study law , which she graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Laws in 1999 . She married in 1998 and worked as a lawyer for about a year before starting her political career. Metiria Turei lives in Dunedin , Otago with her husband, daughter and two stepchildren .

Political career

Metiria Turei began her political career with the protest movement against unemployment in 1989. When she went to Auckland , she took part in the anarchist movement, was involved in NORML , an organization that campaigns for the reform of the marijuana law and the legalization of cannabis and became a member of the McGillicuddy Serious Party , a satirical political party of the 1980s and 1990s in New Zealand, of which she was a candidate in 1993. In 1996 she ran for the parliamentary elections / as a candidate for the Aotearoa Legalize Cannabis Party .

" The truth was there were lots of people excluded from Government. " (In German : The truth was that many people were excluded from the government. ), Describes the political time she spent in Auckland .

In Auckland , she also met two members of the Green Party who were already members of the New Zealand parliament. Inspired by them, Metiria Turei became a member of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand in 2000 , traveled through the country for two years and discussed all politically relevant topics of those days with the Greens on site. In 2002 she ran for the first time as a candidate for the party, took eighth place on the list of candidates and, with nine seats in parliament for the green party, came safely into parliament in the 2002 election. In June 2009, she was elected co-chairman of the party alongside Russel Norman, taking over the office of Jeanette Fitzsimons, who was retiring . Her priorities since 2002 have been environmental protection, Māori concerns and education.

In addition to numerous roles as spokeswoman for her party, Metiria Turei was in parliament

  • from August 27, 2002 to August 11, 2005, as a member of the Māori affairs select committee ,
  • from September 4, 2002 to August 11, 2005, as a non-voting member of the Education and science select committee ,
  • from November 10, 2005 to July 19, 2006, as a member of the Standing orders select committee ,
  • from November 16, 2005 to July 2, 2008, as a member of the Local government and environment select committee ,
  • from November 8, 2005 to October 3, 2008, as a member of the Business Committee ,
  • from July 2, 2008 to October 3, 2008, as a member of the Justice and Electoral Committee and
  • from December 9, 2008 to November 25, 2009, as a member of the Law and Order Committee

active. Further positions taken up by 2017 followed.

On August 10, 2017, Turei resigned as co-chair of her party and ended her role in parliament on September 23, 2017.

Web links

  • Metiria Turei . New Zealand Parliament, October 9, 2017,accessed September 23, 2019.
  • Jon Field : Metiria Turei . Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand , May 29, 2008, archived from the original on December 1, 2008 ; accessed on September 23, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
  • Metiria Turei . (PDF; 285 kB)Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, May 29, 2008,accessed on September 23, 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Metiria Turei . New Zealand Parliament , October 9, 2017, accessed September 23, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b Jon Field : Metiria Turei . Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand , May 29, 2008, archived from the original on December 1, 2008 ; accessed on September 23, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
  3. ^ General elections 1996-2005 - seats won by party . Electoral Commission New Zealand , September 9, 2013, archived from the original January 21, 2016 ; accessed on September 23, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ^ Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei resigns . In: New Zealand Herald . NZME. Publishing , August 9, 2017, accessed September 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Turei, Metiria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician and member of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Palmerston North