Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia ( born April 8, 1944 in the area around Whanganui, New Zealand) is a New Zealand politician, founding member of the Māori Party, and since 2004 one of the co-leader of the party.

Life and work

Tariana Turia was probably born on 8 April 1944 in the area around Whanganui. You yourself are over their tribal affiliation three tribes, Ngāti Apa, Nga Rauru and Ngāti Tuwharetoa, while other sources say: "Even though it is often associated with the Whanganui tribes, their roots are clearly in the iwi Ngāti Apa ".

She has been married since 1962 and has 6 children.

Training

Through its education and vocational training is currently unknown.

Professional career

  • She was coordinator of the Māori Access training program by the Ministry of Māori Affairs,
  • Worked in the Māori Affairs Head Office in Wellington,
  • Was Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of Te Iwi Oranganui Health Authority,
  • In 1989, she was manager of the Whanganui Regional Development Board Trust,
  • 1991 Manager of the Whaioranga Iwi Social Services Unit and
  • 1993-1995 Service Te Puni Kokiri mediator of in Whanganui.

Political career

Tariana Turia came 1996 on the list of the Labour Party in Parliament and was Minister of State, and in this capacity, Associate Minister of Māori Affairs, Associate Minister of Corrections, Associate Minister of Health and Associate Minister of Housing and Associate Minister of Social Services and Employment. She held her seat until 1999.

At the parliamentary elections in July 2002, she won for the Labour Party the seat for the Māori Electorate Te Tai Hauāuru and became Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, and Associate Minister for Māori Affairs, Health, Housing and Social Services.

After the political debate about the so-called Foreshore and Seabed began in 2003, in which the then Labour government under Helen Clark wanted to move the Māori tribes to give up their claim to ownership of the Foreshore and Seabed and lucrative return rights to marine farm economies get to Tariana Turia turned against their own party and entered a conflict with Helen Clark. Turia announced on 30 April 2004 her resignation as Minister with effect from May 17, 2004 known and entered a little later from the party to come up with a newly formed Māori Party whose creation they had a decisive role, the by-election in their constituency to win. Because Labour had deliberately not rival candidates prepared for the election, they received 92.7 % of votes and moved for the Māori Party, which was founded just before the election in July 2004, as the first candidate of the party in Parliament.

With the founding of the Party Tariana Turia was chosen next to Pita Sharples on equal chairman of the party. After the Māori Party was able to increase in the parliamentary elections in 2008 their seats to five, the selected Prime Minister John Key of the National Party, the Māori Party made ​​a bid for government involvement. The Māori Party took despite considerable reservations and concerns to the offer, but declined to Cabinet participation of its ministers.

Turia in 2008

  • Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
  • Minister for Disability Issues
  • Minister Responsible for Whanau Ora
  • Associate Minister of Health
  • Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment
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