Rahui Katene
Rahui Katene | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Te Tai Tonga | |
In office 8 November 2008 – 26 November 2011 | |
Preceded by | Mahara Okeroa |
Succeeded by | Rino Tirikatene |
Majority | 1,049 (45.73%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rahui Reid Hippolite 1954 (age 69–70) Māori Party |
Spouse | Dr Selwyn Katene |
Children | 5 |
Rahui Reid Katene (
Early life and family
The daughter of activist
Member of Parliament
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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2008–2011 | 49th | Te Tai Tonga | 7 | Māori Party
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Prior to the
She defeated incumbent Labour MP Mahara Okeroa with an election night majority of 684.[5]
In 2009 her Te Rā o Matariki Bill/Matariki Day Bill, which would have made Matariki a public holiday, was drawn from the member's ballot.[6] The bill was defeated at its first reading.[7]
In 2010, her member's bill to remove Goods and Services Tax from healthy food was drawn from the member's ballot.[8] The bill gathered support although Labour leader Phil Goff favoured a simpler exemption on just fruit and vegetables.[9] It was defeated at its first reading: National, ACT and United Future voted against the bill while Labour, the Greens, the Māori Party and the Progressive Party supported it.[10][11]
Since leaving Parliament Katene has remained active in the Māori Party and was briefly in the media spotlight for failing to remove her designation as an MP from social media, a revelation discovered after she appeared in new articles criticising her replacement, Rino Tirikatene who she argued was not listening to the electorate.[12] In early 2013 Katene put her hat in the ring to replace retiring co-leader Tariana Turia who had announced she would step down before the 2014 General election.[13] However, Marama Fox was subsequently chosen as Turia's replacement following the general election.[14]
Katene has also been working for the New Zealand Māori Council as a spokeswomen, supporting its legal challenge to the sale into mixed ownership of Crown-owned assets.[15]
References
- ^ a b c Neal, Tracy (26 August 2008). "Maori candidate claims strong support in region". Nelson Mail. p. 2.
- ^ "Turia: Wahine Purotu Evening 2008 Maori Women". Scoop Independent News. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ The Māori Party (30 March 2009). "Speech: Katene - Te Hui Amorangi o Te Wai Pounamu". Scoop.
- ^ "Rahui Katene to stand for Maori Party in Te Tai Tonga". Homepaddock. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Election results 2008 Archived 24 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Te Rā o Matariki Bill/Matariki Day Bill". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ New Zealand Parliamentary Debates 656 5703.
- ^ "Goods and Services Tax (Exemption of Healthy Food) Amendment Bill". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "Interview with Rahui Katene and Phil Goff". Q+A with Paul Holmes. TVNZ. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- NZPA. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ONE News. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ Levy, Danya (30 May 2012). "Facebook page listed Katene as MP". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Flavell, Katene want Maori Party co-leadership". 3News. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Trevett, Claire (1 November 2014). "Fox elected as new co-leader". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Bennett, Adam (1 February 2013). "Crown pressed over redress for Maori". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2015.