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Tania Tapsell
Tania Tapsell (born 22 September 1992) is a New Zealand politician. She has served on the Rotorua Lakes District Council since 2013 and was elected mayor of Rotorua at the 2022 local elections. She is the first woman of Māori descent to hold the role. Early life Tapsell was born and raised in Rotorua. She attended Rotorua Girls' High School but left at age 16 in order to attend Waiariki Institute of Technology, where she got diplomas in business and marketing. She achieved a Bachelor of Management Studies Degree from the University of Waikato. Political career At age 14, Tapsell served on Rotorua's youth council. In 2010, she was selected by Todd McClay to represent the Rotorua electorate at the New Zealand Youth Parliament. In 2013, Tapsell was elected to the Rotorua Lakes District Council. At 21, she was the youngest councillor ever elected, until the election of 19 year old Fisher Wang in 2019. In 2016 and 2019 she was re-elected as the highest polling candidate. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Rotorua
The Mayor of Rotorua officiates over the Rotorua Lakes district of New Zealand, which is administered by the Rotorua Lakes Council (RLC), whose seat is in Rotorua. An elected borough council first came together in February 1923; prior to that, the area had effectively been under government control. Rotorua has had 15 mayors as of 2022, and the current mayor is Tania Tapsell. List of office holders Members of Parliament Four mayors have also been Members of Parliament, and all of them represented the Rotorua electorate (the years in brackets give their term in Parliament): * Cecil Clinkard (1928–1935) * Alexander Moncur (1935–1943) * Ray Boord (1954–1960) * Steve Chadwick (1999–2011) References {{Rotorua District Rotorua Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Free Speech Union
The New Zealand Free Speech Union (FSU) is an organisation that advocates for some forms of freedom of speech, though primarily focuses on the promotion of conservative politics. It was formed as the Free Speech Coalition in 2018 and relaunched as the Free Speech Union in 2021. Goals and organisation The Free Speech Union's stated goal is to defend and promote the free exchange of information and to educate people of the importance of free speech in New Zealand. Despite its connections to the right-wing New Zealand Taxpayers' Union, the group also claims support from both sides of the political and ideological spectrum. The group has also opposed hate speech legislation and censorship. Since 2021, the NZ Free Speech Union is led by chief executive Jonathan Ayling, a former adviser to National Party Members of Parliament David Bennett and Simeon Brown. By October 2022, the Union claimed 1,500 paid-up members and 70,000 supporters. Since 2021, the organisation has two full-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Whakaue
Ngāti Whakaue is a Māori iwi, of the Te Arawa confederation of New Zealand. The tribe lives in the Rotorua district and descends from the Arawa waka. The Ngāti Whakaue village Ōhinemutu is within the township of Rotorua. Ngāti Whakaue traces descent from Whakaue Kaipapa, son of Uenuku-kopakō, and grandson of Tūhourangi. The Ngāti Whakaue chief Pūkākī is depicted on the New Zealand 20 cent coin. Te Arawa FM is the radio station of Te Arawa iwi, including Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao and Tūhourangi. It was established in the early 1980s and became a charitable entity in November 1990. The station underwent a major transformation in 1993, becoming Whanau FM. One of the station's frequencies was taken over by Mai FM in 1998; the other became Pumanawa FM before later reverting to Te Arawa FM. It is available on in Rotorua. See also *Te Papaiouru Marae *Arawa (canoe) ''Arawa'' was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes in Māori traditions that was us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Arawa
Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapu (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe (''waka'')."Te Arawa" ''Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand''. The tribes are based in the and areas and have a population of around 40,000. History The history of the Te Arawa people is inextricably linked to the Arawa canoe. The Te Arawa tribes have a close historical interest in the lakes around Rotorua. Many Te Arawa men fought for the Colonial Government in the |
2022 Rotorua Mayoral Election
The 2022 Rotorua mayoral election took place on 8 October 2022 to determine the Mayor of Rotorua. Incumbent mayor Steve Chadwick did not run for re-election. Candidates Declared candidates *Kalaadevi Ananda, businesswoman *Raj Kumar, district councillor *Reynold Macpherson, district councillor *Ben Sandford, lawyer, former winter Olympian, and Labour candidate in the 2017 general election *Fletcher Tabuteau, former New Zealand First MP *Tania Tapsell, district councillor and National candidate in the 2020 general election. Declined to be candidates *Steve Chadwick, incumbent mayor *Dave Donaldson, deputy mayor *Todd McClay, National MP * Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, district councillor *Mercia Yates, district councillor Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rotorua Mayoral Election, 2022 Politics of the Bay of Plenty Region Mayoral elections in New Zealand Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Tauranga By-election
The 2022 Tauranga by-election for the New Zealand House of Representatives was held on 18 June 2022 in the Tauranga (New Zealand electorate), Tauranga electorate, after the sitting member, former New Zealand National Party, National Party leader Simon Bridges, resigned from parliament. The National Party's Sam Uffindell won the List of New Zealand by-elections, by-election in a landslide result, ahead of the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party's Jan Tinetti. Background The Tauranga electorate is based around the eponymous city of Tauranga as well as Mount Maunganui and Omanu Beach. It was created in 1881 New Zealand general election, 1881, disestablished in 1890 New Zealand general election, 1890 and reestablished in 1908 New Zealand general election, 1908. Since the 1908 election the electorate has voted mostly conservatively with the exception of 1935 New Zealand general election, 1935 wherein Charles Burnett (politician), Charles Burnett was voted from the New Zealand Labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next New Zealand General Election
The next New Zealand general election to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand will be held no later than 13 January 2024, after the currently elected 53rd Parliament is dissolved or expires. Voters will elect 120 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a proportional representation system in which 72 members will be elected from single-member electorates and 48 members from closed party lists. At the 2020 election, the centre-left Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, won an outright majority in the House, resulting in the first time under MMP that a party has been able to form a government without needing a coalition. Nonetheless, Labour formed a co-operation agreement with the Green Party. The main opponent to the Labour government is the centre-right National Party, led by Christopher Luxon, along with ACT New Zealand and the Māori Party. Background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiri Allan
Kiritapu Lyndsay Allan (born 1984) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the New Zealand House of Representatives. A member of the Labour Party, she entered the House as a list MP in 2017, and won the East Coast electorate in 2020. Early life Allan was born in Te Karaka, of Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent. She is the ninth of ten children. She grew up in Paengaroa. She dropped out of high school at 16. She worked at a KFC franchise in West Auckland (she joined the Service & Food Workers Union at that time) and as a cherry picker. She studied law and politics at Victoria University of Wellington. During her university studies she worked in an internship with then-Prime Minister Helen Clark. Career before politics She worked for a period at law firm ChenPalmer. Later she was a commercial lawyer and business consultant in Whakatāne before becoming a politician. Political career Allan stood for Labour in the electorate in the and was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party ( mi, Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers describe Labour as social-democratic and pragmatic in practice. The party participates in the international Progressive Alliance. It is one of two major political parties in New Zealand, alongside its traditional rival, the National Party. The New Zealand Labour Party formed in 1916 out of various socialist parties and trade unions. It is the country's oldest political party still in existence. Alongside the National Party, Labour has alternated in leading governments of New Zealand since the 1930s. , there have been six periods of Labour government under ten Labour prime ministers. The party has traditionally been supported by working class, urban, Māori, Pasifika, immigrant and trade unionist New Zealanders, and has had strongholds in i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 New Zealand General Election
The 2020 New Zealand general election was held on Saturday 17 October 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd parliament. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives, 72 from single-member electorates and 48 from closed party lists. Two referendums, one on the personal use of cannabis and one on euthanasia, were also held on the same day. Official results of the election and referendums were released on 6 November. The governing Labour Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, won the election in a landslide victory against the National Party, led by Judith Collins. Labour won 65 seats, enough for a majority government. It is the first time that a party has won enough seats to govern alone since the mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) system was introduced in 1996. Labour also achieved the highest percentage of the party vote (50.0%) since MMP was introduced, winning the plurality of party vote in 71 of the 72 electorates (Ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast (New Zealand Electorate)
East Coast is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1893, and was recreated in 1999. The current MP for East Coast is Kiri Allan of the Labour Party, who has held office since 2020. Population centres The electorate's main centres are Gisborne (32,529) and Tolaga Bay in the Gisborne Region; and Opotiki and Whakatane (18,800) in the eastern part of the Bay of Plenty Region. Wairoa, the northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region, was excluded by the 2007 boundary changes. History The East Coast electorate was first established for the 5th Parliament in 1871. William Kelly was the first elected representative; he held the seat until the end of the term in 1875. The "most sensational electoral contest ever held in the East Coast" electorate was held in January 1876, when mysterious pieces of cardboard were distributed by supporters of George Read in Gis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act
The Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act 2019 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand that amends the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to provide a framework for New Zealand to develop and implement climate change policies in support of the Paris Agreement. Legislative features The Act amends the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to provide a framework for New Zealand to develop and implement climate change policies that contribute to global efforts under the Paris Agreement to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. New Zealand ratified the Paris Agreement in October 2015. Its first nationally determined contribution (NDC) was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. In 2021, the NDC was increased to a 50 percent reduction below 2005 levels by 2030. Key provisions of the Zero Carbon Act include establishing a Climate Change Commission, requiring the government to set five ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
