Taito Phillip Field
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Taito Phillip Hans Field MP |
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Field (right) with Ian Revell and Max Bradford on a working trip to Nigeria.
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| Leader of New Zealand Pacific Party | |
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In office 15 April 2007 – 2 September 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mangere |
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In office 1996–2008 |
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| Preceded by | David Lange |
| Succeeded by | William Sio |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Otara |
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In office 1993–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Trevor Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Seat Abolished |
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| Born |
26 September 1952 Apia, Samoa |
| Nationality | Samoa, New Zealand |
| Political party |
Labour Party New Zealand Pacific Party |
Taito Phillip Hans Field (born 26 September 1952) is a Samoan New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for South Auckland electorates from 1993 to 2008. Field was a minister outside Cabinet in a Labour-led government from 2003 to 2005. Following charges of bribery and perverting the course of justice, he was defeated in the New Zealand general election, 2008. He was found guilty on some of the charges in August 2009 and was sentenced to six years jail in October 2009.
Born in Apia, the capital of Samoa, he gained the name of Taito, the matai (paramount chief) title of the village of Manase on Savai'i, Samoa, in 1975. He has Samoan, Cook Island, German, English and Jewish ancestry. He functioned as a pioneering figure for Pacific Islanders while in the Labour Party.
Field first became a Member of Parliament when elected by the South Auckland seat of Otara in the 1993 elections. He had stood for Otara in 1990 to replace Colin Moyle who was retiring, but with the swing against Labour in 1990 he was defeated by Trevor Rogers of the National Party.
In 1996 he was elected as MP for Mangere, succeeding David Lange. He was appointed parliamentary under-secretary for Pacific island affairs, social services and justice in 2002. He held the position of Minister outside Cabinet, with the portfolios of Associate Minister for Pacific Island Affairs, Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment, and Associate Minister for Justice, from 2003 until he was stood down in 2005.
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