Marama Davidson
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Marama Davidson MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for List |
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Assumed office 4 November 2015 |
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| Born | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Children | six |
| Website | Green Party profile |
Marama Davidson (born as Marama Paratene) is a New Zealand politician who entered New Zealand parliament in 2015 as a representative of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Davidson was born in Auckland and is of Ngāti Porou, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi descent. Her father is the actor Rawiri Paratene. Both her parents were Māori language campaigners in the 1970s. During her youth, the family moved a lot; Davidson started school in Wellington, but subsequently lived in Dunedin and Christchurch. At age nine, her family moved to Whirinaki in the Hokianga, where she spent the rest of her childhood. She started her degree in Hamilton and finished it in Auckland, from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in International Diplomacy for Indigenous Studies through Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
She is married to Paul Davidson, with whom she has six children; their last child was born in 2008.
Davidson worked for the Human Rights Commission from 2003 to 2012. She has worked part-time for Breastfeeding New Zealand. She was a 'Think Tank Member' for the Owen Glenn Inquiry on Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. She is a founding member of Te Wharepora Hou Māori Women’s Collective.
Davidson is an environmentalist and human rights advocate. In June 2013 she stood for the Greens in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, where she came fourth with 11.15% of the vote.
At the 2014 election she stood in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate. She was ranked 15th on the Greens party list and entered parliament in 2015 with the resignation of Russel Norman.
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