Tukoroirangi "Tuku" Morgan (born 7 October 1957) is a New Zealand

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politician and former broadcaster.

Early life and family

Born in

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on 7 October 1957, Morgan affiliates to the

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confederation. He was educated at St Stephen's School,

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from 1970 to 1971, and Huntly College from 1971 to 1976. He then gained a Diploma of Teaching, and taught English and Māori studies at Huntly College from 1980 to 1982, and Birkdale College (1982). His brother-in-law is

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Broadcasting

Morgan worked as news and current affairs reporter at both

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and TV3. He was also head of sport, youth and current affairs programmes at the short-lived Aotearoa Television Network.

Member of Parliament

Morgan was first elected to Parliament in the 1996 election as the New Zealand First MP for

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. New Zealand First captured all five

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in the 1996 election (including Te Tai Hauāuru) - Morgan and the other four Māori MPs became known as the

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. During his term in Parliament he was involved in a number of controversies. One scandal in 1997 revolved around his spending NZ$4000 of Aotearoa Television funds on clothes including a pair of $89 underpants. Morgan resigned from New Zealand First on 18 August 1998, becoming an independent MP. He later joined the newly formed

Mauri Pacific Mauri Pacific () was a short-lived political party in New Zealand. It was formed in 1998 by five former members of the New Zealand First party. It has often been described as a Māori party. Officially, Mauri Pacific was a multiculturalist par ...

. In the 1999 election, Morgan was ranked second on Mauri Pacific's party list, and contested the Te Tai Hauāuru seat again, but was not returned to Parliament. He then returned to television and film production.

Life after parliament

He was chair of Te Arataura, the

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executive board, from 2006 until 2012, except for a period in 2004 when he was removed from office because of a criminal conviction for obstructing police during a protest march in the 1980s. He is a director of Auckland Council Property, a council-controlled organisation of the Auckland Council. In 2015 he became the

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's co-chair of the

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electorate. In July 2016 he was elected as president of the

. In December 2017 he announced his resignation and called for the party's co-leaders to follow suit after the Māori Party gained just 1.1 percent of the party vote at the 2017 General election and all seven of its Māori electorate candidates were beaten by Labour. In August 2018, he published an open letter to the

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Tūheitia Paki Tūheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII (born Tūheitia Paki; 21 April 1955), crowned as Kīngi Tūheitia, is the Māori King. He is the eldest son of the previous Māori monarch, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and was announced as her successo ...

, whose advisor he had previously been, detailing a number of criticisms of Paki's behaving, including his continued support and employment of Rangi Whakaruru as chief of staff.

References

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