Tariana Turia

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Tariana Turia

Dame Tariana Turia DNZM (born April 8, 1944 in the area around Whanganui , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand politician , founding member of the Māori Party and one of the party's co-leaders since 2004 .

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Tariana Turia was probably born on April 8, 1944 in the Whanganui area. She herself gives three tribes about her tribal affiliation, Ngāti Apa , Ngā Rauru and Ngāti Tūwharetoa , whereas other sources say: "Even if she is often associated with the Whanganui tribes, her roots are clearly in the Iwi Ngāti Apa " .

She has been married since 1962 and has 6 children.

education

Nothing is currently known about their school and professional training.

Professional career

  • She was the coordinator of the Māori Access training program from the Ministry of Māori Affairs ,
  • worked in the Māori Affairs Head Office in Wellington ,
  • was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority ,
  • In 1989 she was the manager of the Whanganui Regional Development Board Trust ,
  • 1991 Manager of the Whaioranga Iwi Social Services Unit and
  • from 1993 to 1995 service agent for Te Puni Kōkiri in Whanganui .

Political career

Tariana Turia entered Parliament in 1996 through the Labor Party's list and became Minister of State and in that capacity Associate Minister of Māori Affairs , Associate Minister of Corrections , Associate Minister of Health and Associate Minister of Housing and Associate Minister of Social Services and Employment . It held its parliamentary seat until 1999.

In the parliamentary elections in July 2002 she won the Labor Party seat for the Māori Electorate Te Tai Hauāuru and became Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector , and Associate Minister for Māori Affairs, Health, Housing and Social Services .

After the political controversy over the so-called Foreshore and Seabed began in 2003 , in which the Labor government at the time under Helen Clark wanted to persuade the Māori tribes to give up their claim to property rights of the Foreshore and Seabed and then in return for lucrative rights to sea ​​farms to get, Tariana Turia turned against her own party and entered into a conflict with Helen Clark . Turia announced her resignation as minister on April 30, 2004, with effect from May 17, 2004, and left the party a little later in order to hold a by-election with a newly founded Māori party, in whose creation she played a decisive role Winning constituency. As Labor had deliberately not put up a candidate for the by-election, it received 92.7% of the vote and moved into parliament as the party's first candidate for the Māori Party , which was founded shortly before the July 2004 election.

With the founding of the party, Tariana Turia was elected as equal chairman of the party alongside Pita Sharples . After the Māori Party increased its seats to five in the 2008 general election, Prime Minister- elect John Key of the Māori Party's National Party made an offer to join the government. The Māori Party accepted - despite considerable reservations and concerns - the offer, but refused to allow its ministers to participate in the cabinet.

Turia was born in 2008

  • Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
  • Minister for Disability Issues
  • Minister Responsible for Whanau Ora
  • Associate Minister of Health
  • Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c About Tariana . Te Tai Hauauru , archived from the original on January 13, 2015 ; accessed on January 26, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  2. ^ Spiritual and political leadership . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand , accessed January 13, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Hon Tariana Turia . beehive.gov.nz - New Zealand Government , archived from the original on August 14, 2014 ; accessed on January 26, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ↑ Explanation: According to the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, Foreshore and Seabed ( foreshore and seabed) refers to the coastal strip of New Zealand, which is bounded on the land side by the highest water level (high tide) and on the sea side by the outer territorial border.
  5. ↑ Ruth Berry : Secrecy over seabed trade-off . New Zealand Herald , July 7, 2003, accessed January 14, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Turia will be sacked if she votes against Government, says Clark . New Zealand Herald , March 29, 2004, accessed January 14, 2011 .
  7. ^ Tariana Turia to resign and force byelection . New Zealand Herald , April 30, 2004, accessed January 14, 2011 .
  8. ^ Former MPs - Hon. Tariana Turia . New Zealand Parliament , September 22, 2014, accessed January 13, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Turia, Tariana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician and founding member of the Māori Party
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Whanganui