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Ken Mair
Ken Mair is a New Zealand political activist and politician. He has unsuccessfully contested several general elections for Mana Māori. He was ranked eighth on their party list in , seventh in , and second in . Mair has acted as a spokesperson for Māori iwi in the area around the Whanganui River, and was one of the organisers of the 1995 occupation of Moutoa Gardens in Whanganui, in protest at grievances under the Treaty of Waitangi. Mair is a descendant of Captain Gilbert Mair, who was awarded the New Zealand Cross (1869) during Te Kooti's War Te Kooti's War was among the last of the New Zealand Wars, the series of 19th century conflicts in New Zealand between the Māori and the colonising European settlers. It was fought in the East Coast region and across the heavily forested centra .... References External links Photograph of Mair at Moutoa Gardens protest Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Māori Party politicians 21st-century New Zealand po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mana Māori Movement
The Mana Māori Movement was a New Zealand political party. It advocated on behalf of the Māori people. It was founded by Eva Rickard, a Māori activist. Rickard was originally a member of Mana Motuhake, another Māori party, but quit when Mana Motuhake joined the Alliance (a broad left-wing coalition). Rickard, believing that an independent Māori party was needed, founded Mana Māori in 1993. The party contested the with 18 list candidates, and got 4070 votes (0.20%). Rickard's daughter, Angeline Greensill later took over co-leadership of the Mana Māori Movement, the largest wholly Māori party contesting the 2002 New Zealand general election, and incorporated the smaller Te Tawharau and Piri Wiri Tua parties, but did not win any seats. The party received only 4,980 votes (0.25%) in 2002. The emergence of the new Māori Party, founded by sitting MP Tariana Turia, prompted the transfer of support from Mana Māori, and Greensill agreed to temporarily recess the party which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Kooti's War
Te Kooti's War was among the last of the New Zealand Wars, the series of 19th century conflicts in New Zealand between the Māori and the colonising European settlers. It was fought in the East Coast region and across the heavily forested central North Island and Bay of Plenty from 1868 to 1872, between government military forces and followers of spiritual leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. The conflict was sparked by Te Kooti's return to the East Coast after two years of internment on the Chatham Islands, from where he had escaped with almost 200 Māori prisoners of war and their families. Te Kooti desired to be left in peace but two weeks after their return to the mainland, members of his party found themselves being pursued by a force of militia, government troops and Māori volunteers. Te Kooti's force routed them in an ambush, seizing arms, ammunition, food and horses. The engagement was the first in what became a four-year guerrilla war, involving more than 30 expedition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Whangārei
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Mana Māori Movement Politicians
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21st-century New Zealand Politicians
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Māori Party Politicians
Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Cook Islands * Cook Islands Māori, the language of the Cook Islanders Ships * SS ''Maori'', a steamship of the Shaw Savill Line, shipwrecked 1909 * , a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer, sunk in 1915 * , a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer, launched 1936 and sunk 1942 * TEV ''Maori III'', a Union Steam Ship Company inter-island ferry, 1952–74 Sports teams * New Zealand Māori cricket team * New Zealand Māori rugby league team * New Zealand Māori rugby union team Other * ''Maori'', a novel by Alan Dean Foster *Mayotte, in the Bushi language Bushi or Kibosy (''Shibushi'' or ''Kibushi'') is a dialect of Malagasy spoken in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. Malagasy dialects most closely related to Bushi are spoken in northwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
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Living People
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New Zealand Cross (1869)
The New Zealand Cross was introduced in 1869 during the New Zealand Wars in New Zealand. The wars were fought between natives of New Zealand, the Māori people, Māori, and forces raised by European settlers known as Pākehā assisted by British Empire, British troops. Many acts of bravery, gallantry and devotion to duty were recorded among the local militia, armed constabulary and volunteers, but there was one militia Victoria Cross awarded to Charles Heaphy in 1867 for action in 1864. On 10 March 1869, without checking the facts and under the mistaken impression colonial troops were not eligible for the Victoria Cross unless under command of British troops, the Governor-General of New Zealand, Governor of New Zealand, Sir George Bowen, instituted the New Zealand Cross as the highest New Zealand award. He was widely criticised in England, and accused of usurping the prerogative of Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria, but she eventually ratified his action. Only 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Lists In The New Zealand General Election, 1996
This page provides the party lists put forward in New Zealand's 1996 election. Party lists determine, in the light of country-wide proportional voting, the appointment of list MPs under the mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system. This was the first New Zealand election held under the MMP electoral system. Successful parties There were six parties successful at the 1996 election: ACT Alliance New Zealand First Labour Party National Party United New Zealand Unsuccessful parties There were 15 unsuccessful parties. Advance New Zealand Animals First Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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