Whatarangi Winiata is a New Zealand accountant, academic, and

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leader. From 1994 to 2007, he was Chief Executive of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, a Māori

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. He had been

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of Accountancy at the

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from 1974. He is also a former President of the Māori Party, serving from the party's creation in 2004 to 2009.

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