Parekura Horomia

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Parekura Horomia (2008)

Parekura Tureia Horomia (born November 9, 1950 in Tolaga Bay , Gisborne region , North Island of New Zealand ; † April 29, 2013 there ) was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labor Party who was a member of the House of Representatives for more than thirteen years and between 2000 and 2008 Minister for Māori Affairs .

Life

Professional career and member of the House of Representatives

Horomia, who descended from the Iwi of the Ngāti Porou of the Māori, first worked as a simple worker and then as a printer for a daily newspaper . He later worked for the Ministry of Labor in East New Zealand and, after holding several managerial positions, became General Director of the Community Workers' Group in 1992. At this time he also began his involvement in various Māori organizations.

In the 46th election to the New Zealand House of Representatives on November 27, 1999, Horomia was elected for the first time in the constituency of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti and represented the interests of the New Zealand Labor Party until his death. In his first election, he succeeded in asserting himself against the well-known radio presenter Derek Tinia Fox, who had run as a non-party candidate. While he was initially only 25th on his party's list of candidates, he found himself in fifth and most recently in sixth place in the list in subsequent elections.

After the election victory of the NZLP in the 1999 elections and the inauguration of Helen Clark as Prime Minister on December 5, 1999, Horomia was first Assistant Minister for Māori Affairs, Assistant Minister for Economic Development, Assistant Minister for Employment and Assistant Minister for Education. In these functions, however, he was not a member of the cabinet.

Minister for Māori Affairs and re-elections in 2008 and 2011

After Dover Samuels had to resign on criminal charges, Horomia was appointed on July 27, 2000 by Prime Minister Shipley as his successor as Minister of Māori Affairs ( Minister of Māori Affairs ). He kept this post even after the allegations against Samuels had proven to be baseless, until the NLZP was defeated in the 49th parliamentary elections on November 8, 2008. Towards the end of his tenure as minister, he published the Te Aho Matua on January 21, 2008 o nga Kura Kaupapa Māori , the principles that the Kura Kaupapa Māori immersion schools must adhere to.

While the NLZP only achieved 33.77 percent of the vote nationwide, Horomia was able to increase its number of votes by around 400 votes and reached 51.49 percent of the votes in his constituency. In these elections, too, he was able to prevail clearly against Derek Fox, who now ran for the Māori Party , but received only 42.96 percent of the vote. Most recently, Horomia was re-elected in the parliamentary elections on November 26, 2011 in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti constituency and with 60.71 percent prevailed more than clearly against the runner-up Na Raihania, who stood for the Māori Party and only 23.1 percent of the vote got.

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SURNAME Horomia, Parekura
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horomia, Parekura Tureia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand Politician (New Zealand Labor Party)
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Tolaga Bay , Gisborne , North Island , New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2013
Place of death Tolaga Bay