POLITICS (IWI & PĀKEHĀ)
A stalwart for Raukawa ki te Tonga, SIR EDDIE TAIHĀKUREI DURIE and his wife DONNA HALL.
The chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou and Te Matatini Festival, SIR SELWYN PARATA.
Iwi leaders MARTIN WIKAIRA (Tūwharetoa) and NGAHIWI TOMOANA (Ngāti Kahungunu).
Tūhoe leader and artist/activist, TĀME ITI.
Founder of Kaupapa Māori research in education, PROFESSOR GRAHAM HINGANGAROA SMITH and Senior Sergeant JOHN TANGAERE (NZ Police)
Former Labour Party MP and current President of Te Pāti Māori, JOHN TAMIHERE.
I was appointed to the Competence Authority of the Teaching Council by Prime Minister CHRIS HIPKINS.
Founder of the Māori Party and former MP DAME TARIANA TURIA, National Party leader CHRISTOPHER LUXON, and National MP HARETE HIPANGO. I am the co-chair of Harete's campaign for the 2023 election.
Left to right: National Party leader CHRISTOPHER LUXON, myself, DAME TARIANA TURIA, and Whanganui iwi leader KEN MAIR. In preparation for the transition to the new government, future Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was invited to see the site of the social hub project in Whanganui by iwi leaders.
Left to right: Māori Party MP TAKUTA FERRIS, National Party MP RIMA NAKHLE and myself.
This photo was taken in July 2023 before they were elected to parliament in the October 2023 general election.
This photo was taken in July 2023 before they were elected to parliament in the October 2023 general election.