Mana Party (New Zealand)

Mana Movement
Leader	Hone Harawira
President	Lisa McNab
Secretary	Andrew Paul
Founded	30 April 2011
Split from	Māori Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Youth wing	Mana Rangatahi
Ideology	Tino rangatiratanga Socialism Māori rights
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	Not affiliated
Colors	Red, black
MPs in the House of Representatives	0 / 121
Website
http://mana.net.nz/

The Mana Movement (formerly called the Mana Party, styled in English as the MANA Movement) is a New Zealand political party led by Hone Harawira which was formed in April 2011, following his resignation from the Māori Party. Harawira won the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau of 25 June 2011 for the Mana Party, and retained the seat during the 2011 general election but lost it in 2014 to Labour Party candidate, Kelvin Davis.

Under a short-term agreement with the Internet Party, a joint Internet Party and Mana Movement contested the 2014 general election, with the Mana Movement providing the first, third and fourth list candidates. Despite being funded by online millionaire Kim Dotcom, the Internet Party and Mana Movement failed to win a single seat. Dotcom, who was not a candidate because he is not a New Zealand citizen, told reporters as election results became clear, "I take full responsibility for this loss tonight because the brand—the brand Kim Dotcom—was poison for what we were trying to achieve."

The party was formed following Hone Harawira's resignation from the Māori Party after that party's disciplinary committee recommended his expulsion. He had been vocal in his opposition to the Māori Party's position on the foreshore and seabed issue. Harawira began organising a new party to compete with the Māori Party, and attracted the support of left-wing activist John Minto and of former Green MPs Nándor Tánczos and Sue Bradford. The party formally launched on 30 April 2011.

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