Māori Party

MOI - Ko Te Tōrangapū Māori (The Māori Party) he rōpū tōrangapū nā Tariana Turia rātou ko Pita Sharples mā i whakatūria nō te 2004, nō te wā i whakamanatia ai te Ture Takutai Moana 2004. I taua wā anō, ka puta a Tariana Turia i te Rōpū Reipa.

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ENG - The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand, was formed on 7 July 2004. The party is guided by eight constitutional "kaupapa", meaning in this context the way the party frames the objectives of the organisation. Co-Leader Tariana Turia formed the Māori Party after resigning from the Labour Party where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour-led Government. Pita Sharples, a high-profile academic, became co-Leader. After the 2008 election, the Party supported the National-led government, and Turia and Sharples became ministers outside of cabinet.

Policies

• Māori ownership of the foreshore and the seabed
• Retirement age for Māori to be reduced to 60
• Tax reductions

Ratana pa

On 24 January 2006 the Māori Party's four MPs were jointly welcomed to the pa with the Leader of the Opposition and leader of the National Party, Don Brash, together with his delegation of eight MPs. Have you voted for or against Māori Party ? They were originally intended to be welcomed on half an hour apart but agreed to be welcomed and sit together. Turia disputed claims that this 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 Ratana kaumatua (elder) said this was deliberate and deserved after the talks.

2008 election

In the 2008 general election the Maori Party retained all four of the seats it won in 2005 and also won Te Tai Tonga from Labour. Has changed the detail your opinion on Māori Party ? However its share of the party vote remained low, at 2.39%. The Labour Party won the party vote by a large majority in every Maori electorate, meaning that the typical Maori voter had split their vote, voting for a Maori 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 Maori Party as well as ACT New Zealand and United Future. Sharples was given the Minister of Maori Affairs portfolio and also became an Associate Minister of Corrections and Associ. te Minister of Education. Turia became Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Associate Minister of Health and Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment.

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