95-603: Te Pāti Māori ( Māori pronunciation: [tɛ ˈpaːti ˈmaːori] ), also known as the Māori Party , is a political party in New Zealand advocating Māori rights. With the exception of a handful of general electorates , Te Pāti Māori contests the reserved Māori electorates , in which its main rival is the Labour Party . Under the current leadership of Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer , it promotes
190-468: A Māori health authority , lifting the minimum wage to $ 25 an hour, returning Department of Conservation land to Māori kaitiaki , and reducing homelessness . Since Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer's leadership began in 2020, the party has been described as left-wing , and progressive . Tariana Turia founded the Māori Party in 2004 after resigning from the governing Labour Party, in which she served as
285-643: A Supreme Court and ending appeals to the Privy Council , decriminalising prostitution , and providing for civil unions , the latter two changes in particular supported by the Green Party and opposed by United Future. The Government was also faced in this term with the foreshore and seabed controversy . While Labour, in cooperation with the New Zealand First party, eventually resolved the legal dispute by vesting foreshore and seabed title in
380-443: A living wage for all workers, based on the premise that Māori are among the low-socioeconomic communities in New Zealand who are the most economically disadvantaged. During the 2020s, Te Pāti Māori has been widely described as progressive , and further to the political left than Labour by Al Jazeera and Newshub . (Previously, during its years in alliance with National, the party had been described as centrist .) The Māori Party
475-417: A minister , over the foreshore and seabed ownership controversy . She and Pita Sharples , a high-profile academic, became the first co-leaders. The party won four Māori seats in the 2005 election and went into Opposition. After the 2008 , 2011 and 2014 elections , where the party won five, three and two Māori seats respectively, it supported a government led by the centre-right National Party , with
570-415: A minority government with the support of the Māori Party, ACT New Zealand and United Future. Sharples and Turia were returned as ministers outside cabinet. Ahead of the 2014 general election , Flavell became the male co-leader. Neither Sharples nor Turia stood for re-election. At the election, Flavell held Waiāriki electorate seat, and the party was entitled to one further list seat as it received 1.32% of
665-454: A Māori Party candidate. On 10 May, Ngarewa-Packer and Waititi held a haka (dance) during Parliamentary proceedings to welcome Whaitiri to the Māori Party. In response, Rurawhe ordered Ngarewa-Packer and Waititi to leave Parliament since they had not obtained the permission of the Speaker or other parliamentary parties to hold the haka. On 12 July, the party formally changed their name with
760-478: A Pacific country. He opposed the idea of a referendum, claiming it would entrench the "tyranny of the majority". Political party in New Zealand New Zealand politics have featured a strong party system since the early 20th century. Usually, all members of Parliament's unicameral House of Representatives belong to a political party. The centre-left New Zealand Labour Party and
855-453: A beaten wife to the abuser" in regards to Labour's sweep of the Māori seats. Metro Magazine described the Māori Party's poor results as being part of backlash against them for helping National form a government. Within the following 12 months, the party’s senior figures resigned: Flavell and Fox stepped down from the co-leadership and party president Tukoroirangi Morgan also resigned. This opened
950-547: A charity's resources. In response, Tamihere accused the Charities Services of discriminating against Te Pāti Māori and Māori causes. Tamihere and Te Pāti Māori also confirmed that they would litigate against the Charities Service if the agency ruled against them. Tamihere also criticised The New Zealand Herald journalist Matt Nippert's coverage of the two charities' donations to his campaigns, accusing
1045-499: A coalition in 1999, as the reason for the earlier date. The Alliance Party had split after Jim Anderton , their leader, left to form the Progressive Coalition Party . However, some critics believe that Labour could have continued to govern for the remaining few weeks. They say that the election was called early to capitalise on high opinion poll ratings before they could be undermined by a potential softening in
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#17327879405501140-590: A debate about whether the Māori have legitimate claim to ownership of part or all of New Zealand's foreshore and seabed that arose during the Fifth Labour Government . A court judgement stated that some Māori appeared to have the right to seek formal ownership of a specific portion of seabed in the Marlborough Sounds . This prospect alarmed many sectors of New Zealand society however, and
1235-502: A dramatic fall in the success of the minor parties. New Zealand First and United Future each won less than half of the percentage of total votes they achieved in 2002. In order to reach the required majority, Labour entered confidence and supply agreements with New Zealand First and United Future. This was in addition to a coalition agreement with the Progressive Coalition Party, of whom only Jim Anderton obtained
1330-570: A majority of seats . Likewise, National won the popular vote from 1960 through to 1969 , and then again from 2008 through to 2017 , but in the final year could not form a coalition government under proportional representation . The introduction of the mixed-member proportional system in 1996 led to a multi-party system , such that smaller parties have substantial representation in Parliament and can now reasonably expect to gain seats in government. As of 2024 , six parties have members in
1425-940: A party name is not necessarily an indication that the party exists beyond that single candidate. In the 2023 general election , single candidates stood under the party names of Economic Euthenics, Future Youth, the Human Rights Party, the New World Order McCann Party , the New Zealand Sovereignty Party , the Northland Party, and the Republic of New Zealand Party . Two candidates stood under each of Not A Party (NAP), Protect & Prosper New Zealand Party, and Workers Now. Because New Zealand does not require political parties to be registered, any person can announce
1520-427: A political party, but these parties may or may not gain followers, receive any media coverage or go on to contest an election. It can also be difficult to determine when parties have ceased operating or moved away from politics. The list below lists active and notable parties. When a candidate stands for parliament in an electorate, they may describe themselves as 'independent' or give a party name. A candidate listing
1615-456: A political party, though may not receive media coverage or go on to contest an election. It can also be difficult to determine when such parties have ceased operating or moved away from politics. The list below is limited to notable parties understood to no longer be operating. Parties listed by date of founding: Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand The Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand
1710-566: A potential privacy breach during its investigation. Chief statistician Mark Sowden also called for anyone with information to contact Statistics NZ. In response to the second allegations, Tamihere issued a press release denouncing the allegations as baseless and claiming that the party was being targeted by opponents for speaking up for Māori. Tamihere also accused Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki and his followers of attempting to take over Manurewa Marae. On 7 June, co-leaders Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer called for an urgent Police investigation into
1805-661: A protracted funding scandal, having apparently used public money for party political purposes during the election campaign. A heavy-handed attempt at campaign finance reform later in this term also harmed the Government, which by now appeared tired and at a loss for direction, although it did succeed in implementing a wide range of social and economic reforms during its time in office. In a 2000 feature article "Siege of Helengrad", The Australian newspaper wrote that Clark's "uncompromisingly autocratic and pervasive leadership has seen New Zealand dubbed Helengrad". In January 2008,
1900-484: A seat. The newly formed Maori Party accrued four seats. After only being formed in 2004 as a result of the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act , they oversaw a successful campaign based on a critical assessment of Labour's record with Maori issues. Their success was highlighted by the decline of ACT New Zealand, who won two seats, and the Progressive Coalition and United Future, who each won only
1995-404: A traditional koru design. The party constitution provides that there are two party co-leaders, one male and one female. Turia and Sharples were the first to fill these roles. They indicated that they wished to unite "all Māori" into a single political movement. The party was formally established on 7 July 2004. In the 2005 election , the Māori Party won four out of seven Māori seats and 2.12% of
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#17327879405502090-710: A zero tax policy on those earning below NZ$ 30,000, a new 48% tax on those earning above NZ$ 300,000, raising the companies tax rate back to 33% and a wealth tax on millionaires. On 2 August, the party campaigned on ending state care for Māori children and replacing the present Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children) with an independent Mokopuna Māori Authority that would network with Māori organisations, iwi (tribes), and hapū (sub-groups) to ensure that Māori children remained connected with their whakapapa (genealogies). In late August 2023, Te Pāti Māori revised its Whanau Build (housing) policy to eliminate an "indigenous first" provision which called for immigration to be curbed until
2185-543: Is mentioned Article 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi which gave the Māori language equal status with English. By 17 September 2021, 51,000 had signed the petition. By early June 2022, a petition from Te Pāti Māori to rename New Zealand as "Aotearoa" had received over 70,000 signatures. On 2 June, the petition was submitted before Parliament's petitions committee. Waititi argued that the proposed name change would recognise New Zealand's indigenous heritage and strengthen its identity as
2280-531: The 2023 New Zealand general election . At the 2020 general election, held in October, the Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi captured the Waiariki electorate , defeating Labour MP Tāmati Coffey by a margin of 836 votes. This allowed the Māori Party to enter Parliament, and with its party vote of 1.2%, it was entitled to two MPs. After Waititi, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer entered Parliament as the highest-ranked person on
2375-438: The 54th Parliament . New Zealand's party system did not arise until the late 19th century. Before this, members of Parliament (MPs) stood as independent candidates, and while some MPs joined factions , these typically were formed around prominent individuals such as Julius Vogel , and did so after an election, not before. The Liberal Party , which was formed in 1891, was New Zealand's first 'modern' political party. It
2470-668: The Alliance . However, the FPP electoral system meant that regardless of how many votes a party gained nationwide, it could not win a seat without a plurality in a particular electorate . For example, the Social Credit Party won over 11% of the votes cast in the 1954 election but did not have a plurality in any electorate so won no seats. Similarly, in the 1984 election , the New Zealand Party received over 12% of
2565-649: The Court of Appeal of New Zealand : The Fifth Labour government was elected in the 1999 general election, after entering a coalition with the Alliance Party and a confidence and supply agreement with the Green Party . Labour managed to increase their percentage of the votes by 10.5% and won 12 more seats than in the 1996 election . With this coalition in place the Labour Party returned to government for
2660-685: The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , the New Zealand Police and Electoral Commission to ensure that all relevant agencies were investigating the data breach allegations On 10 June 2024, Prime Minister Luxon announced that the Public Service Commission would launch an independent inquiry into government agencies' safeguards for protecting people's personal data and the circumstances surrounding
2755-473: The Green Party . During its first term, the government pursued a number of reforms. The controversial Employment Contracts Act was repealed, replaced by an Employment Relations Act more friendly to unions and collective bargaining; a state-owned bank, Kiwibank , was created at the behest of the Alliance; a majority stake in the national airline, Air New Zealand , was purchased; and the public health sector
2850-475: The Labour Party foreshadowed legislation in favour of state ownership instead. This angered many Māori, including many of Labour's Māori MPs. Two MPs representing Māori electorates , Tariana Turia and Nanaia Mahuta , announced an intent to vote against the legislation. Turia, a junior minister, after being informed that voting against the government would appear "incompatible" with holding ministerial rank, announced on 30 April 2004 her intention to resign from
2945-607: The National Māori Action Day to protest against the National-led coalition government 's policies on co-governance and the Treaty of Waitangi. The party's MPs also modified their oaths of allegiances to reference the Treaty of Waitangi. In late May 2024, Te Pāti Māori and the Toitu Te Tiriti movement called for a nationwide day of protest known as "Toitū Te Tiriti National Day of Action" to coincide with
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3040-659: The National Party . The first-past-the-post (FPP) plurality voting system (in use before the 1990s) entrenched a two-party system , since the two major parties usually won far more seats than their share of the overall vote. Over the years, a number of third parties or so-called minor parties developed, notably the Social Credit Party , the New Zealand Party , the Values Party , and
3135-478: The Tāmaki Makaurau electorate; Hone Harawira , son of Titewhai Harawira , won Te Tai Tokerau ; and Te Ururoa Flavell won Waiariki . In the post-election period the Māori Party convened a series of hui to decide whether to support Labour or National, though some party leaders indicated they preferred to deal with Labour. National Party deputy leader Gerry Brownlee and leader Don Brash tried to win over
3230-526: The confidence of the House. Labour handily won the election. The Alliance failed to return to parliament, although a rump returned as Jim Anderton's Progressives . Labour formed a coalition with the Progressives, and turned to the centrist United Future party for confidence and supply . This second term was notable largely for its social and constitutional legislation, with the Government establishing
3325-485: The "car-koi activation" rallies nationwide and advocated the establishment of a Māori parliament. On 2 June 2024, the Sunday Star Times journalist Andrea Vance reported that Statistics New Zealand was investigating allegations by former staff at Manurewa Marae that Te Pāti Māori had illegally used 2023 New Zealand census data to target Māori electorate voters in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate during
3420-416: The 2023 election outcome was Te Pāti Māori's most successful election result. Ngarewa Packer stated that the party would serve as "the only true opposition" in Parliament for the next term, adding that their plans were "to shake Parliament up and normalise it for Māori." During the opening of the 54th New Zealand Parliament on 5 December 2023, Te Pāti Māori organised a series of nationwide protests known as
3515-515: The 2023 election, and that participants were given supermarket vouchers, wellness packs and food parcels to encourage them to fill out census forms and switch to the Māori electoral roll. Te Pāti Māori's candidate Takutai Moana Kemp had won the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate during the 2023 general election. A whistleblower from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) had alerted Statistics NZ and
3610-736: The Clark-led governments actions in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi is shown through settlements. The following positions were appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Government: With the creation of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 2003, the government appointed the first full bench of the Court. Acting judges were also appointed from the retired judges of the Court of Appeal: The government appointed three presidents of
3705-694: The Community and Voluntary Sector, Associate Minister of Health and Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment. Hone Harawira was critical of the alliance with the National Party and was suspended from the Māori Party in February 2011. He left the party and formed the left-wing Mana Party in April 2011. Competing against Mana, the Māori Party's strength diminished. In the 2011 general election , it won only three electorates (with 1.43% of
3800-657: The Crown , a dissident Labour minister, Tariana Turia , formed the Māori Party, while on the other side of the spectrum a resurgent National Party, now under former Reserve Bank governor Don Brash , became considerably more popular. In the 2005 election , the Government was returned with a slim margin on the strength of the Working for Families assistance package and financial assistance to students, benefiting also from mistakes in National's campaign. Helen Clark moved even more to
3895-669: The Labour Party to join Te Pāti Māori. Speaker of the House Adrian Rurawhe confirmed that Whaitiri would serve the remainder of her 2020–2023 term as an independent member of Parliament under standing order 35(5), which avoids invoking the " waka-jumping " provisions of the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Act 2018 . Whaitiri does not sit with her party in Parliament. She will recontest the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate as
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3990-442: The Labour Party. Her resignation took effect on 17 May, and she left parliament until she won a by-election in her Te Tai Hauauru seat two months later. After leaving the Labour Party, Turia, later joined by Sharples, began organizing a new political party. They and their supporters agreed that the new organisation would simply use the name of "the Māori Party". They chose a logo of black and red—traditional Māori colours—incorporating
4085-565: The Māori Party and claimed that it would support National to form a government, although Turia denied this. She met privately with prime minister Helen Clark and ruled out a formal coalition. Later, the Māori Party decided to remain in opposition and not be part of a Labour-led government. On 24 January 2006 the Māori Party's four MPs were jointly welcomed to Rātana pā with Brash and a delegation of eight National MPs. They had been intended to be welcomed on half an hour apart but agreed to be welcomed and sit together. Turia disputed claims that this
4180-493: The Māori Party co-leaders serving as ministers outside cabinet . During this time, the party advocated more moderate politics. The party won no seats in the 2017 election , which was analysed as being backlash for their support of National. Under new leadership they returned at the 2020 general election , when Rawiri Waititi won the Waiariki electorate . Although the party's share of the country-wide party vote declined from 1.18% in 2017 to 1.17% in 2020, winning Waiariki gave
4275-411: The Māori Party could happily work with the National Party. This contradicted Māori Party President Che Wilson, who had set out a clear preference to work with Labour and had said "if we ever do talk to National it will have to be a big deal for us to move that way again." On 15 April 2020, the party announced that John Tamihere and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were the new party co-leaders. In late May 2020,
4370-503: The Māori electoral roll, and denying that Māori Party flyers were included in wellbeing packs. The party is committed to advancing what it sees as the rights and interests of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. Increasingly since the beginning of colonisation, Māori have been marginalised and the group is now a minority within New Zealand alongside Pacific Islanders. Te Pāti Māori policy focuses particularly on affordable housing , Māori recruitment into tertiary institutes and
4465-447: The Māori electorates. Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell expressed sadness at the loss of seats and announced he would be resigning from politics. Fellow co-leader Marama Fox expressed bitterness at the party's defeat, remarking that New Zealand had chosen to return to the "age of colonization" and attacked the two major parties, National and Labour, for their alleged paternalism towards Māori. Fox commented that Māori have "gone back like
4560-626: The Māori roll but denied allegations of wrongdoing. On 5 June, Vance reported that the Labour Party had filed a complaint against Te Pāti Māori in November 2023 for allegedly using personal information collected during the COVID-19 immunisation programme for political campaigning purposes during the 2023 election, which constitutes a breach of electoral law. Labour's complaint alleged that Māori voters in Auckland had received two text messages from
4655-762: The Māori voice being silenced and ignored." On 12 April 2021, the Electoral Commission referred Te Pāti Māori to the Police for failing to disclose about NZ$ 320,000 worth of donations within the required timeframe. These donations came from several individuals and organisations including former party co-leader Tamihere (NZ$ 158,223.72), the Urban Māori Authority (NZ$ 48,879.85), and the Aotearoa Te Kahu Limited Partnership (NZ$ 120,000). Party President Che Wilson attributed
4750-470: The New Zealand economic performance. After initial polls indicated Labour might win enough seats to govern alone, a feat that had never occurred under MMP in New Zealand, they won 41.3% of the vote and 52 seats. Although this was an improvement on their results in the 1999 election, it was not enough to govern alone, and Labour entered a coalition with the Progressive Coalition Party, and a confidence and supply agreement with United Future . Labour's success
4845-480: The Police. In response, Te Pāti Māori leader Tamihere denied the allegations and claimed that they were made by disgruntled former staff. Tamihere said that the marae had been working with the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency to promote Māori participation in the 2023 census. Tamihere also acknowledged that marae workers had given gifts to encourage people to participate in the 2023 Census and switch to
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#17327879405504940-877: The agency was investigating two charities headed by Party President Tamihere, the Te Whānau Waipareira Trust and the National Urban Māori Authority , for financing his 2020 election campaign. According to the Charities Register, Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust Group had loaned Tamihere NZ$ 385,307 to support his 2020 election campaign while the National Urban Māori Authority had paid NZ$ 82,695 to support his 2020 election campaign and Te Pāti Māori aspirations. Under existing legislation, charities are not allowed to donate and endorse political parties and candidates or allow them to use
5035-568: The allegations against Te Pāti Māori, the Waipareira Trust and Manurewa Marae; arguing that photocopies of census data were taken solely for verification purposes and destroyed, highlighting that Statistics New Zealand had clarified that neither Tamihera, the Waipareira Trust and the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency had access to their database, disputing that vouchers were used to encourage people to switch to
5130-464: The campaign for the party vote and $ 27,500 per electorate seat. Unregistered entities are able to spend up to $ 330,000 on general election advertising. There are six parliamentary parties in the 54th New Zealand Parliament . The default order of this list corresponds to the number of MPs they currently have. Parties listed in alphabetical order: An accurate list of active unregistered parties can be difficult to determine. Any person may announce
5225-482: The centre, enlisting support for her Government from both New Zealand First and United Future. Greens were excluded from the resulting coalition, due to a refusal by United Future and NZ First to work with the Greens in cabinet. They were, however, able to negotiate a cooperation agreement which saw limited input into the budget and broad consultation on policy. Almost immediately, the Government parties became involved in
5320-443: The centre-right New Zealand National Party are New Zealand's two major parties , having jointly contested each election since 1938 ; they are the only two New Zealand political parties to have won the popular vote in four consecutive elections twice. Labour won the popular vote from the 1938 election through to 1946 and again from 1978 through to 1987 – although during the latter period National twice disproportionately gained
5415-467: The complaint to the IPCA, the party accused the police of having double standards when dealing with death threats made against Pākehā and Māori. It compared the police's response to the video with the treatment of those who made death threats against National MP Simeon Brown . Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer stated, "Communication and response time was inadequate, the police have continued to minimise
5510-656: The country's housing supply was addressed. The party also apologised to migrant and refugee communities for promoting what it described as "harmful narratives" on its website, and reiterated that it would treat everyone like how they would be treated as guests on a marae . During an interview with TVNZ journalist Jack Tame in September 2023, Waititi also denied that his party's sports policy' comments about "Māori genetic makeup being stronger than others" were racist. These comments were subsequently deleted from Te Pāti Māori's website. When challenged by Tame, he responded that TPM
5605-748: The data breach allegations against Te Pāti Māori. The party was not notified of the Commission's inquiry. Employment advocate Allan Hulse, who represented six former Manurewa Marae staff and the MSD employee, alleged that 1,400 census forms were photocopied and uploaded into a database owned by the Waiparera Trust. Hulse also alleged that staff used census data to help people transfer from the general to Māori roll. Tamihere has rejected these allegations, calling for people to produce "hard evidence." In early July 2024, former Māori academic Rawiri Taonui disputed
5700-659: The data breach allegations made against Te Pāti Māori. Police confirmed they were already investigating complaints they had received. That same day, acting Public Service Commissioner Heather Baggott convened a meeting with the heads of the Statistics New Zealand, the Ministry of Health , Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand), the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Justice , the Department of Internal Affairs , Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry for Māori Development), Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children) and
5795-448: The decision-making process. These concepts are not reflected in the traditional Westminster system and Māori customary law is excluded from the New Zealand general legal system. Other Māori-rights-specific party policies have included the upholding of "indigenous values" and compulsory "heritage studies" in schools. In 2022 on Waitangi Day , the party called for Queen Elizabeth II to be removed as New Zealand's head of state and for
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#17327879405505890-502: The electoral commission from the Māori Party to Te Pāti Māori. Te Pāti Māori launched its 2023 general election campaign at Te Whānau O Waipareira's Matariki event in Henderson , Auckland on 14 July. The party campaigned on advancing the interests of the Māori people , combating racism, and the "second-rate" status of Māori, as Ngarewa-Packer labelled it. On 27 July, the party announced several redistributive tax policies including
5985-466: The field for a new generation of party leaders, namely Rāwiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer . The party announced John Tamihere as its candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate in March 2020. Tamihere had held the electorate from 2002 to 2005, but for the Labour Party. He had also run for Mayor of Auckland in 2019 without success. Tamihere's mayoral campaign was more right-wing, and he said
6080-559: The first time in nine years, and Helen Clark became New Zealand's first elected female prime minister. The 1999 election was Labour's first successful MMP election. The 2002 election was held a few weeks before the Parliamentary term elapsed. This had only occurred twice before in New Zealand's political history, in 1951 and 1984 . The Government cited the collapse of the Alliance Party, with whom they had entered
6175-614: The five-yearly Māori Electoral Option (which limited the ability of Māori to switch between the general and Māori rolls for a period five years). He also alleged longer wait times for Māori voters at election booths and some Māori not being allowed to vote on the Māori roll. On 26 November 2020, Te Pāti Māori MPs Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer walked out of Parliament after the Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard did not allow them to speak due to parliamentary procedures limiting
6270-502: The following policies: the upholding of tikanga Māori , the dismantling of systemic racism , and the strengthening of the rights and tino rangatiratanga promised in Te Tiriti o Waitangi . The party is also committed to a mixture of socially progressive and green policy through a " Tiriti -centric " lens. This includes eradicating Goods and Services Tax on food, opposing deep sea drilling , organising and funding
6365-571: The integrity of the party-based proportional representation . Political parties in New Zealand can be either registered or unregistered. Registered parties must have five-hundred paying members, each eligible to vote in general elections, and party membership rules. If a party registers, it may submit a party list, enabling it to receive party votes in New Zealand's MMP electoral system. Unregistered parties can only nominate candidates for individual electorates. As of 2020 , registered political parties are also able to spend up to $ 1,169,000 during
6460-658: The late disclosure to the fact that the party was staffed by volunteers and rookies who were unfamiliar with electoral finance laws. On 29 April, the Police referred the investigation into the Māori Party's undeclared donations to the Serious Fraud Office . By late September 2022, the Serious Fraud Office had closed the investigation and decided not to pursue prosecutions against the individuals and parties involved. In late September 2022, Charities Services general manager Natasha Weight confirmed that
6555-415: The nature of the threat against us and our people". On 29 August 2023, Te Pāti Māori made a series of tweets apologizing to refugee and migrant communities for "harmful narratives" of "xenophobia and racism" on their official party website. Te Pāti Māori said they had removed words for their website and was rewriting policy documents. An example of policy rewriting included the "Indigenous First" framework in
6650-416: The newspaper of racism and announcing that Te Pāti Māori would boycott the Herald . In June 2021, Te Pāti Māori called for a joint task force between the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and New Zealand Police targeting right-wing extremists and rising anti-Māori hate speech in response to a YouTube video featuring a masked man calling for the slaughter of Māori and for a civil war. The video
6745-399: The party list. As the only male Māori Party MP, Waititi replaced Tamihere as a co-leader. On 11 November, former party co-leader Tamihere requested a vote recount in the Māori electorates of Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Hauāuru , alleging Māori voters had encountered discrimination during the 2020 election. Tamihere claimed that the recount was intended to expose discriminatory laws such as
6840-639: The party received a broadcasting allocation of $ 145,101 for the 2020 election . In September 2020, Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidate Heather Te Au-Skipworth released the party's sports policy which included establishing a national Māori sporting body and investing in Māori sporting scholarships and programs. She also stated "it is a known fact that Māori genetic makeup is stronger than others... Our ancestors were not just athletic, they were also strategic thinkers with intentions to survive. This all required stamina, resilience, endurance, speed, agility and logic." The genetic superiority remarks were subsequently deleted prior to
6935-423: The party the right to full proportional representation, giving it two MPs , with co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer subsequently becoming a list MP . Waititi joined Ngarewa-Packer as co-leader in October 2020 and the pair led the party to win six electorate seats and 3.08% of the popular vote in the 2023 general election . The origins of Te Pāti Māori can be traced back to the 2004 foreshore and seabed controversy ,
7030-690: The party vote, the party was entitled to two seats, resulting in an overhang of one seat). The three MPs were Pita Sharples in Tāmaki Makaurau , Tariana Turia in Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Ururoa Flavell in Waiāriki . Rahui Katene lost the Te Tai Tonga seat to Labour 's Rino Tirikatene , and Hone Harawira won the Te Tai Tokerau seat for the Mana Party. The National Party again formed
7125-415: The party vote. The latter entitled the party to only three list seats, so the fourth electorate seat caused an overhang seat . In the election night count, the party vote share was under 2% and the Māori Party would have got two overhang seats; when the overhang was reduced to one, National lost a list seat that they appeared to have won on election night. Tariana Turia held Te Tai Hauauru; Pita Sharples won
7220-538: The party vote. This went to Marama Fox , who became the next female co-leader. Prior to the 2017 general election , the Māori Party formed an electoral pact with the Mana Movement leader and former Māori Party MP Hone Harawira . The Māori Party agreed not to contest Te Tai Tokerau as part of a deal for the two parties to try to regain the Māori electorates from the Labour Party. In the election, they failed to take any seats, with Labour capturing all seven of
7315-422: The party's Whānau Build policy. The policy indicated the intent to place Māori housing needs before all others. In 2022, Te Pāti Māori also removed a reference from its sports policy that said Māori genetic makeup was stronger than others. The now removed statement read, "It is a known fact that Māori genetic makeup is stronger than others." On 3 May 2023, sitting minister Meka Whaitiri announced that she had left
7410-400: The previous electorate pathway. This made it much easier for smaller parties to enter Parliament, but more difficult to gain elected as a non-party independent. In the late 1990s a phenomenon originated in New Zealand's multi-party system in which MPs sitting in Parliament increasingly switched parties (or formed breakway parties), known as " waka-jumping ". This is now disallowed to maintain
7505-544: The release of the 2024 New Zealand budget on 30 May. The protest was in opposition to the National-led government perceived assault on Tangata whenua and the Treaty of Waitangi . The party urged all Māori to go on strike and attend hīkoi (protests) near their location. Protest action includes a car convoy traveling from State Highway 1 south of Auckland to Hamilton . Te Pāti Māori claimed that 100,000 people attended
7600-459: The return of land to iwi and hapū . The party is also committed to a mixture of socially progressive and environmentalist policy through a " Titiri-centric " Māori lens. The party is committed to eradicating Goods and Services Tax on food, opposing deep sea drilling , organising and funding a Māori health authority and reducing homelessness in Māori communities. In September 2021 the party launched an online petition to: In its statement
7695-416: The speaking time by smaller parties. Waititi had attempted to pass a motion that their party leaders be allowed to give a 15-minute "address in reply" but Mallard had blocked the motion on the grounds that MPs from smaller parties were not scheduled to give their maiden speeches until the following week. Waititi described Mallard's decision as unfair while Ngarewa-Packer claimed that this was "another example of
7790-412: The term 'Helengrad', "a noun used to describe the iron grip of New Zealand's prime minister over Wellington", was reported as having made Australia's Macquarie online dictionary among 85 other new words. In the 2008 election , the Labour Party lost convincingly to National, and the government was succeeded by the National Party led by John Key as Prime Minister . Treaty settlements: Aspects of
7885-436: The text code 2661 urging them to vote for Te Pāti Māori. 2661 was registered with the Waipareira Trust, which is led by TPM's President Tamihere. In response, Labour leader Chris Hipkins , ACT New Zealand leader David Seymour , Prime Minister and National Party leader Christopher Luxon called for an investigation into the allegations against TPM. The Privacy Commissioner also confirmed that Statistics NZ had alerted it to
7980-539: The typical Māori voter had split their vote, voting for a Māori Party candidate with their electorate vote and the Labour Party with their party vote. The National Party won the most seats overall and formed a minority government with the support of the Māori Party, ACT New Zealand and United Future . Sharples was given the Minister of Māori Affairs portfolio and became an Associate Minister of Corrections and Associate Minister of Education. Turia became Minister for
8075-506: The votes cast but also won no seats. Under such conditions, minor parties mostly performed poorly in terms of making an impact in Parliament. In 1993, the Electoral Act 1993 was passed, introducing the mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system for the 1996 election . Now, voters cast both a party vote and an electorate vote. Any party that won at least 5% of the party vote entered Parliament, as could still enter through
8170-415: Was "trying to empower people that are climbing out from the bottom of the bonnet of colonial violence for the last 193 years" by encouraging pride in their heritage. Te Pāti Māori won six electorate seats and 3.08% of the popular vote. Meka Whaitiri stood as the party's candidate in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate but was defeated by Labour's candidate Cushla Tangaere-Manuel . Despite Whaitiri's unseating ,
8265-409: Was deliberate and deserved after the talks. In the 2008 general election the Māori Party retained all four of the seats it won in 2005, and won an additional seat, when Rahui Katene won Te Tai Tonga from Labour. Two seats were overhang seats . The party's share of the party vote rose slightly to 2.39%. The Labour Party won the party vote by a large majority in every Māori electorate, meaning that
8360-442: Was formed in response to the 2004 foreshore and seabed controversy , a debate about whether Māori have legitimate claim to ownership of part or all of New Zealand's foreshore and seabed. The founders of the party believed that: The kaupapa (policy platform) of Te Pāti Māori is based on four principles or pillars: These principles enable Te Pāti Māori to be held accountable for the maintenance and furthering of Māori concepts in
8455-438: Was highlighted by the National Party's demise, as they accrued a record low 20.9% of the vote. After initial doubt as to what date the election would be held, 17 September was the chosen day. After falling behind National in the initial opinion polls, Labour fought back to obtain 41.1% of the vote. Although this was a 0.2% decrease from the previous election, it still saw them sit ahead of National by 2%. The 2005 election saw
8550-513: Was later removed by YouTube for a breach of its community guidelines. In a tweet, the party said that the video contained threats against its MPs, marae and Māori. Police arrested a man after receiving multiple complaints about the video and a day after Te Pāti Māori laid a complaint with the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA). A 44-year-old male was charged with making an objectionable publication. In
8645-418: Was pre-arranged, saying: "We're here for a birthday. We're not here for politics." However critics said this would have reminded onlookers of how the Māori Party and National were said to be in coalition or confidence and supply talks. This may also have served to reinforce the Labour Party's election campaign statement that a 'vote for the Māori Party is a vote for National'. One Rātana kaumatua (elder) said this
8740-493: Was reorganised with the re-establishment of partly elected district health boards . Closing the Gaps , an affirmative action strategy targeting socio-economic inequalities between Māori and Pasifika ethnic groups and other groups, was a particularly controversial reform among right-wing National and ACT voters. With the disintegration of the Alliance in 2002, Helen Clark called a snap election , even though she still had
8835-408: Was the government of New Zealand from 10 December 1999 to 19 November 2008. Labour Party leader Helen Clark negotiated a coalition with Jim Anderton , leader of the Alliance Party . While undertaking a number of substantial reforms, it was not particularly radical compared to previous Labour governments. The previous government, the fourth National government , had been in power since 1990. It
8930-546: Was the country's sole political party until the formation of the more conservative Reform Party in 1909. The Labour Party was founded in 1916, and by 1919 these three parties dominated New Zealand politics. The Liberal Party was succeeded by the United Party in 1928. The United and Reform parties found themselves working together more often, and they formed a coalition in 1931. After Labour won office in 1935 , United and Reform formally amalgamated in 1936 to form
9025-543: Was widely unpopular by 1999, with much of the public antagonised by a series of free-market economic reforms, and was bedevilled by weakness and instability. In the 1999 general election, the Helen Clark -led Labour Party defeated the National Party easily, becoming the largest single party in the House of Representatives . Labour formed a minority coalition government with the left-leaning Alliance party, supported by
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