Parekura Horomia

Parekura Tureia Horomia ( born November 9, 1950 in Tolaga Bay, Gisborne Region, North Island of New Zealand, † April 29, 2013 ) was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labour Party, which more than thirteen years a Member of the House of Representatives as well as between 2000 and 2008 Minister for the Affairs of Māori was.

Life

Career and member of the House of Representatives

Horomia, who was descended from the Ngāti Porou iwi of Māori, first worked as a laborer and then as a printer at a daily newspaper. Later he worked for the Ministry of Labour in the east of New Zealand and was after several executive positions since 1982 finally CEO in 1992 the group of community workers. At this time he also began his involvement in various organizations Māori.

In the 46 elections to the House of Representatives of New Zealand on 27 November 1999 Horomia was first elected in the constituency Ikaroa - Rawhiti a deputy and represented the interests of the New Zealand Labour Party until his death. In his first election, he managed to prevail over the well-known radio host Derek Tinia Fox who had candidate without a party. While he initially took place only 25 of the list of candidates of his party, he was with the following options on the fifth and last in sixth place list.

After the election victory of NZLP in the 1999 elections and took office as Prime Minister Helen Clark on December 5, 1999 Horomia was first Deputy Minister of Māori Affairs, Associate Minister for Economic Development, Associate Minister for Employment and Assistant Minister for Education. However, in these roles, he was not a member of the Cabinet.

Minister of Māori Affairs and re-elections in 2008 and 2011

After Dover Samuels was forced to resign because of criminal accusations, Horomia was appointed by Prime Minister Shipley as his successor as Minister of Māori Affairs (Minister of Māori Affairs ) on 27 July 2000. He held that office even after the allegations against Samuels had proved to be unfounded, until the defeat of the NLZP at the 49th general election on November 8, 2008. Towards the end of his tenure as minister, he published on 21 January 2008, the Te Aho Matua o nga Kura Kaupapa Māori, the principles which must comply with the Kura Kaupapa Māori immersion schools.

While the NLZP nationwide reached only 33.77 percent of the vote, Horomia could still increase its number of votes by about 400 votes, reaching 51.49 percent of the votes in his constituency. Also in this election he could clearly prevail against Derek Fox, who now took for the Māori Party, but received only 42.96 percent of the vote. Last Horomia was re-elected in the parliamentary elections on 26 November 2011 at the constituency Ikaroa - Rawhiti and sat down with 60.71 percent more than clear against the runner-up Na Raihania by, who had come for the Māori Party, and only 23.1 percent of the vote got.