Shane Reti
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Shane Reti QSM MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Whangarei |
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Assumed office 20 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Phil Heatley |
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Shane Raymond Reti 5 June 1963 Hamilton, New Zealand |
Shane Raymond Reti QSM MP (born 5 June 1963) is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of the New Zealand National Party.
Born in Hamilton in 1963, Reti is of Māori descent, and has tribal affiliations to Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Kura. He was educated at Hamilton Boys' High School and Minidoka County High School in Idaho, United States. He then studied at the University of Waikato from 1981 to 1982 and the University of Auckland between 1982 and 1987 and in 1989, graduating from the latter with a Bachelor of Human Biology in 1985, MB ChB in 1987 and a Diploma in Obstetrics in 1989. He was also awarded a Diploma in Dermatological Science by the University of Wales, Cardiff in 1991. He served in the Territorial Force from 1983 to 1987.
Reti played representative badminton for Waikato between 1978 and 1982.
He was a general practitioner for 17 years. For seven years, he was a member of the Northland District Health Board. In the 2006 New Year Honours, he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.
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