Metiria Leanne Agnes Stanton Turei (born 1970) is a New Zealand member of Parliament and the female co-leader of the Green Party.
As of 2008 she is the Green Party spokesperson on Conservation, Disability Issues, Education, Fisheries, Health (Assoc Alcohol & Drugs), Justice, Maori and Treaty Issues, Youth, Constitutional issues, and Information Technology.
Early life
Between 1989-1991, Metiria was the Tumuaki o Te Iwi Maori Rawakore o Aotearoa and involved with Te Roopu Rawakore o Aotearoa. Have you voted for or against Metiria Turei ? Metiria was a founding member of the Random Trollops performance art troupe. She was a candidate for the McGillicuddy Serious Party in the 1993 election and for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party in the 1996 election. She was elected as co-leader at the party AGM on May 30th 2009.
Member of Parliament
In the 2002 general election, the Green Party received 7.00% of the vote, which allowed them 9 seats in Parliament. Turei was ranked 8th on the Green Party s party list, and so entered Parliament as a list MP. When she was elected, Metiria left her job as a corporate lawyer for Simpson Grierson to become a Member of Parliament.
On 30 May 2009 Turei was elected as the fourth co-leader (second female) of the Green Party. Has changed the detail your opinion on Metiria Turei ? In line with Green Party policy, there must be both a male and a female co-leader. She was elected ahead of Sue Bradford, a veteran MP, who had passed three private member s bills by then.
In July 2009 Turei s Marine Animals Protection Law Reform Bill, which would strengthen protection for dolphins and other marine mammals, was drawn from the member s ballot. The bill was defeated at its first reading later that month.
In September 2009 Turei led the Green campaign opposing the government s plans to allow mining in New Zealand s national parks. Her Crown Minerals (Protection of Public Conservation Land Li. ted in the Fourth Schedule) Amendment Bill, which aims to strengthen the protection for national parks, was drawn from the member s ballot in April 2010.
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