Māori Party
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Māori Party
Te Paati Māori |
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| Leader |
Marama Fox Te Ururoa Flavell |
| President | Tukoroirangi Morgan |
| Founded | 7 July 2004 |
| Split from | New Zealand Labour Party |
| Ideology | Indigenous rights |
| International affiliation | Not affiliated |
| Colors | Black, red and white. |
| MPs in the House of Representatives |
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| Website | |
| http://www.maoriparty.org/ | |
The Māori Party is an indigenous rights-based political party in New Zealand, formed on 7 July 2004. Tariana Turia founded the party after resigning from the Labour Party, where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government. She and Pita Sharples, a high-profile academic, became co-leaders. After the 2008 election, the party supported a National Party-led government, and Turia and Sharples became ministers outside cabinet. A similar arrangement continued after the 2011 and 2014 elections. Sharples resigned as male co-leader in 2013 and was replaced by Te Ururoa Flavell, who become Minister for Maori Development (outside cabinet) following the 2014 election.
The foreshore and seabed controversy, a debate about whether Māori have legitimate claim to ownership of part or all of New Zealand's foreshore and seabed, became the catalyst for setting up the Māori Party.
The Māori Party believes:
A court judgement stated that some Māori appeared to have the right to seek formal ownership of a specific portion of seabed in the Marlborough Sounds. This prospect alarmed many sectors of New Zealand society, however, and the Labour Party foreshadowed legislation in favour of state ownership instead. This angered many Māori, including many of Labour's Māori MPs. Two MPs representing Māori electorates, Tariana Turia and Nanaia Mahuta, announced an intent to vote against the legislation.
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