Te Pāti Māori
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Te Pāti Māori ([tɛ ˈpaːti ˈmaːori]), also known as the Māori Party, is a left-wing political party in New Zealand advocating Māori rights. With the exception of a handful of general electorates, Te Pāti Māori contests the reserved Māori electorates, in which its main rival is the Labour Party. Under the current leadership of Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, it promotes the following policies: the upholding of tikanga Māori, the dismantling of systemic racism, and the strengthening of the rights promised in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including tino rangatiratanga (Māori sovereignty). The party is also committed to a mixture of socially progressive and green policy through a "Tiriti-centric" lens. This includes eradicating Goods and Services Tax on food, opposing deep sea drilling, organising and funding a Māori health authority, lifting the minimum wage to $25 an hour, returning Department of Conservation land to Māori control (kaitiakitanga), and reducing homelessness. Since Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer's leadership began in 2020, the party has been described as left-wing, and progressive. Tariana Turia founded the Māori Party in 2004 after resigning from the governing Labour Party, in which she served as a minister, over the foreshore and seabed ownership controversy. She and Pita Sharples, a high-profile academic, became the first co-leaders. The party won four Māori seats in the 2005 election and went into Opposition. After the 2008, 2011 and 2014 elections, where the party won five, three and two Māori seats respectively, it supported a government led by the centre-right National Party, with the Māori Party co-leaders serving as ministers outside cabinet. During this time, the party advocated more moderate politics. The party won no seats in the 2017 election, which was analysed as being backlash for their support of National. Under new leadership they returned at the 2020 general election, when Rawiri Waititi won the Waiariki electorate. Although the party's share of the country-wide party vote declined from 1.18% in 2017 to 1.17% in 2020, winning Waiariki gave the party the right to full proportional representation, giving it two members of parliament, with co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer subsequently becoming a list member. Waititi joined Ngarewa-Packer as co-leader in October 2020 and the pair led the party to win six electorate seats and 3.08% of the popular vote in the 2023 general election. In 2025, the national council voted to expel MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris from the party.
Infobox
President
John Tamihere
Co-leaders
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Rawiri Waititi
Founder
Tariana Turia
Founded
7 July 2004; 21 years ago (2004-07-07)
Split from
Labour Party
Ideology
mw- Māori rightsTino rangatiratangaProgressivism
Political position
Left-wing
Colours
Black, red and white
House of Representatives
4 / 123
Regional councillors
2 / 132
Local councillors
3 / 718
Tables
· Electoral performance › House of Representatives
Māori
Māori
Election
Māori
Votes
Total
2005
2005
Election
2005
Votes
48,263
%
2.12%
Seats
4 / 7
Seats
4 / 121
+/–
4
Position
5th
Status
Opposition
2008
2008
Election
2008
Votes
55,980
%
2.39%
Seats
5 / 7
Seats
5 / 122
+/–
1
Position
5th
Status
Confidence and supply
2011
2011
Election
2011
Votes
31,982
%
1.43%
Seats
3 / 7
Seats
3 / 121
+/–
2
Position
5th
Status
Confidence and supply
2014
2014
Election
2014
Votes
31,850
%
1.32%
Seats
1 / 7
Seats
2 / 121
+/–
1
Position
5th
Status
Confidence and supply
2017
2017
Election
2017
Votes
30,580
%
1.18%
Seats
0 / 7
Seats
0 / 120
+/–
2
Position
7th
Status
No seats
2020
2020
Election
2020
Votes
33,632
%
1.17%
Seats
1 / 7
Seats
2 / 120
+/–
2
Position
5th
Status
Opposition
2023
2023
Election
2023
Votes
87,937
%
3.08%
Seats
6 / 7
Seats
6 / 123
+/–
4
Position
6th
Status
Opposition
Source: Electoral Commission
Source: Electoral Commission
Election
Source: Electoral Commission
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status | ||
| Māori | Total | |||||||
| 2005 | 48,263 | 2.12% | 4 / 7 | 4 / 121 | 4 | 5th | Opposition | |
| 2008 | 55,980 | 2.39% | 5 / 7 | 5 / 122 | 1 | 5th | Confidence and supply | |
| 2011 | 31,982 | 1.43% | 3 / 7 | 3 / 121 | 2 | 5th | Confidence and supply | |
| 2014 | 31,850 | 1.32% | 1 / 7 | 2 / 121 | 1 | 5th | Confidence and supply | |
| 2017 | 30,580 | 1.18% | 0 / 7 | 0 / 120 | 2 | 7th | No seats | |
| 2020 | 33,632 | 1.17% | 1 / 7 | 2 / 120 | 2 | 5th | Opposition | |
| 2023 | 87,937 | 3.08% | 6 / 7 | 6 / 123 | 4 | 6th | Opposition | |
| Source: Electoral Commission | ||||||||
· Leadership
1
1
Female co-leader
1
Female co-leader
Tariana Turia
Female co-leader
Female co-leader
7 July 2004
Female co-leader
September 2014
Female co-leader
Te Tai Hauāuru
Male co-leader
1
Male co-leader
Pita Sharples
Male co-leader
Male co-leader
7 July 2004
Male co-leader
13 July 2013
Male co-leader
Tāmaki Makaurau(from 5 October 2005)
2
2
Female co-leader
2
Female co-leader
Te Ururoa Flavell
Female co-leader
Female co-leader
13 July 2013
Female co-leader
July 2018
Female co-leader
Waiariki(until 23 September 2017)
2
2
Female co-leader
2
Female co-leader
Marama Fox
Female co-leader
Female co-leader
September 2014
Female co-leader
August 2018
Female co-leader
List MP(until 23 September 2017)
Offices vacant 2018–2020
Offices vacant 2018–2020
Female co-leader
Offices vacant 2018–2020
3
3
Female co-leader
3
Female co-leader
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Female co-leader
Female co-leader
15 April 2020
Female co-leader
Incumbent
Female co-leader
List MP(17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023)Te Tai Hauāuru(since 14 October 2023)
Male co-leader
3
Male co-leader
John Tamihere
Male co-leader
Male co-leader
15 April 2020
Male co-leader
28 October 2020
Male co-leader
—
4
4
Female co-leader
4
Female co-leader
Rawiri Waititi
Female co-leader
Female co-leader
28 October 2020
Female co-leader
Incumbent
Female co-leader
Waiariki
| Female co-leader | Male co-leader | ||||||||||
| Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Parliamentary seat | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Parliamentary seat | ||||
| 1 | Tariana Turia | | 7 July 2004 | September 2014 | Te Tai Hauāuru | 1 | Pita Sharples | | 7 July 2004 | 13 July 2013 | Tāmaki Makaurau(from 5 October 2005) |
| 2 | Te Ururoa Flavell | | 13 July 2013 | July 2018 | Waiariki(until 23 September 2017) | ||||||
| 2 | Marama Fox | | September 2014 | August 2018 | List MP(until 23 September 2017) | ||||||
| Offices vacant 2018–2020 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer | | 15 April 2020 | Incumbent | List MP(17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023)Te Tai Hauāuru(since 14 October 2023) | 3 | John Tamihere | | 15 April 2020 | 28 October 2020 | — |
| 4 | Rawiri Waititi | | 28 October 2020 | Incumbent | Waiariki | ||||||
· Leadership
Whatarangi Winiata
Whatarangi Winiata
Col 1
1
Name
Whatarangi Winiata
Term of office
2004
Term of office
2009
Pem Bird
Pem Bird
Col 1
2
Name
Pem Bird
Term of office
2010
Term of office
2013
Naida Glavish
Naida Glavish
Col 1
3
Name
Naida Glavish
Term of office
2013
Term of office
2016
Tuku Morgan
Tuku Morgan
Col 1
4
Name
Tuku Morgan
Term of office
2016
Term of office
2017
Che Wilson
Che Wilson
Col 1
5
Name
Che Wilson
Term of office
2018
Term of office
2022
John Tamihere
John Tamihere
Col 1
6
Name
John Tamihere
Term of office
2022
Term of office
present
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | ||
| 1 | Whatarangi Winiata | 2004 | 2009 | |
| 2 | Pem Bird | | 2010 | 2013 |
| 3 | Naida Glavish | | 2013 | 2016 |
| 4 | Tuku Morgan | | 2016 | 2017 |
| 5 | Che Wilson | | 2018 | 2022 |
| 6 | John Tamihere | | 2022 | present |
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