Matiu Rata
Cabinet Member and Politician
Ratana...Maori seats. Ratana movement members of Parliament have included Tapihana Paraire Paikea, Haami Tokouru Ratana, Matiu Ratana, Iriaka Ratana , Koro Wetere, Paraone Reweti, Matiu Rata and Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan. Mita Ririnui, as of... In this article: Labour Party, Haami Tokouru Ratana, Michael Savage, T.W. Ratana, Potato, Eruera Tirikatene, Allegation, and God |
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Wikipedia | June 08, 2009
Mana Motuhake
...or "power", while motuhake can be understood as "independent" or "separate". Mana Motuhake was formed in 1979 by Matiu Rata, a member of the Labour Party . Rata had served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the third Labour government (1972...
In this article: Mana Motuhake, Alliance, Sandra Lee-Vercoe, Labour Party, Willie Jackson, Self-determination, and Bruce Gregory
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Northern Maori by-election, 1980
...a by-election during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It was prompted by the resignation of Matiu Rata, a former member of the Labour Party who was establishing a new group, Mana Motuhake. Rata believed that contesting a by-election would give...
In this article: Labour Party, New Zealand Parliament, Bruce Gregory, and Mana Motuhake
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39th New Zealand Parliament
...policy towards Maori. In 1980, Rata quit parliament and founded the Mana Motuhake party. Rata then contested the ensuing by-election , but came second. He was replaced by Bruce Gregory of the Labour Party. Frank Rogers ''', the Labour MP...
In this article: Parliament of New Zealand, Labour Party, National Party, Bruce Barclay, Bruce Gregory, Mana Motuhake party, and Geoffrey Palmer
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Northern Maori
...Paikea died in 1943, and was replaced by his son Tapihana Paraire Paikea. In 1979, Matiu Rata resigned from the Labour Party as a protest against Labour policies. In 1980 he resigned from Parliament, but came second in the subsequent...
In this article: Labour Party, Bruce Gregory, New Zealand First, Tau Henare, Reform Party, Tapihana Paraire Paikea, and Taurekareka Henare
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Bruce Gregory
...from Parliament, and founded the Mana Motuhake party. He then contested the ensuing Northern Maori by-election , hoping to get a mandate for the new party and for his change of allegiance. But in the by-election Rata was second, and got 991...
In this article: Bruce Craig Gregory, Labour Party, New Zealand First, Mana Motuhake party, Tau Henare, and New Zealand
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Matiu Rata (1934 - 1997) was a New Zealand Māori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Māori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Maori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975. He was the architect of both the Māori Affairs Amendment Act of 1974, which gave Māori greater control over their land, and the 1975 Waitangi Tribunal.
In 1979 he resigned from the Labour Party. In 1980 he resigned from Parliament and formed the Mana Motuhake Party to contest the resulting by-election. He was defeated by Bruce Gregory, but came second with 991 fewer votes.
Following his exit from Parliament Matiu Rata was the leader of the Muriwhenua in presenting their Treaty of Waitangi claims to the Waitangi Tribunal, resulting in a settlement of Māori fishing claims for the tribes of the Far North.
- Birth Date:
- January 01, 1934
- Birthplace:
- Te Hāpua, New Zealand
- Death Date:
- January 01, 1997
- Place of Death:
- New Zealand
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