Expressions of Interest for candidates for the 2023 General Elections - Te Pāti Māori

Expressions of Interest for Candidates for the 2023 General Election

KEI TE KIMI KAITONO A TE PĀTI MĀORI

Tēnā Koutou Katoa,

Kei te kimi Te Pāti Māori i ētahi kaitono mō te rohe pōti o Tāmaki Makaurau, o Hauraki-Waikato me Te Tai Tonga kia tū mō ngā kōwhiringa pōti-a-motu e heke mai ana a te tau 2023.

He āheinga tēnei mō tētahi Māori ki te whakawaha i ngā hiahia o te iwi Māori e noho ana ki Tāmaki Makaurau, ki Hauraki-Waikato, ki Te Tai Tonga anō hoki. Anei ngā paearu mō ngā kaitono:

Me whakapapa Māori
Me noho kainga ki roto o Tāmaki Makaurau, ki roto o Hauraki-Waikato, ki roto o Te Tai Tonga.
Me mema koe mō Te Pāti Māori
Me kaha tautoko i ngā Kaupapa here me ngā whakataunga o Te Pāti Māori

Mehemea he aronga nui tēnei mōhou, tēnā, tukuna mai kia rua ngā rewherī me tōu tātai pūmanawa ki:

Te Hekeretari o Te Pāti Māori

[email protected]

Ka kati ngā tono a te 30 Noema 2022

TE PĀTI MĀORI SEEKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Tēnā Koutou Katoa,

Te Pāti Māori is seeking expressions of interest for a candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki-Waikato and Te Tai Tonga electorates and candidates for Te Pāti Māori list MP’s. The successful applicant will stand in Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki-Waikato and Te Tai Tonga for the 2023 General Election.

This is an opportunity for a talented Māori leader to represent Te Pāti Māori at a national level. Key requirements for applicants:

Applicants must demonstrate Māori Whakapapa.
Applicants must live in the Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki-Waikato or Tai Tonga electorate.
Applicants must be paid members of Te Pāti Māori.
Applicants must proactively support all Te Pāti Māori policies and positional statements.

Please submit your profile / CV including 2 referees to:

Party Secretary, Te Pāti Māori

[email protected]

Applications close 30^th November 2022

Luxon Folds on ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill preview image

Luxon Folds on ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill

Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, is calling Luxon’s leadership a joke after it was revealed this morning on Q+A that ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill was not a bottom line. "New Zealand officially has a laughing-stock Prime Minister whose leadership folded as he trades away the rights of tangata whenua for a taste of power," says Ngarewa-Packer.

Waititi Orders Police Withdraw from Matapihi preview image

Waititi Orders Police Withdraw from Matapihi

Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Waiariki is demanding that the Police Minister immediately remove the heavy Police presence in the Matapihi community, as hundreds of officers saturate the Western Bay of Plenty area. “Minister Mitchell must intervene immediately and order the removal of the armed Police presence in Matapihi, in my electorate,” said Rawiri Waititi, MP for Waiariki. “The New Zealand Police are causing public disorder in the Matapihi community, harassing and distressing residents, including kaumātua and kuia. “We have armed officers obstructing access to private property and even urupā where loved ones are buried. This is a disgusting overreach and must be withdrawn immediately.

Government’s First Year a ‘Catastrophe for Māori’ preview image

Government’s First Year a ‘Catastrophe for Māori’

Te Pāti Māori is calling the Government’s first year a catastrophe for Māori, following a year of policies that have done nothing but marginalise tangata-whenua. Today marks one year since the coalition was sworn into power. “This year has been an absolute catastrophe for Māori. This Government has fast-tracked us back towards the colonised and assimilated,” said co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “This Government is so focussed on taking tangata whenua backwards that it has become horribly clear that they are willing to finish off the colonisation process.

Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori call on the Prime Minister to block the Treaty Principles Bill preview image

Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori call on the Prime Minister to block the Treaty Principles Bill

The opposition parties stand united for an Aotearoa that honours Te Tiriti, rather than seeking to rewrite it. Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori are working together against the Government’s divisive Treaty Principles Bill. The three opposition parties are listening to the clear and unified voice of Te Iwi Māori. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister is sidelining these voices and ignoring a scathing Waitangi Tribunal report, while pandering to a dangerous, reactionary fringe. It’s time for Christopher Luxon to stand by his word to Māori at Waitangi this year that he will “Honour the Treaty”.

Ngarewa-Packer Demands Support for Palestine Ceasefire from New Plymouth Mayor preview image

Ngarewa-Packer Demands Support for Palestine Ceasefire from New Plymouth Mayor

Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on the Mayor for New Plymouth, Neil Holdom, to do the right thing. “I am shocked at his decision to disregard the petition presented by Palestine Solidarity Taranaki calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire”, said Ngarewa-Packer. “The group made up of his constituents have shown up week after week at Puke Ariki Landing for over a year to stand against the genocide taking place in Gaza, and the killing now extending to Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

Govt Must Clean Up ‘Its Shit’ From Sunken HMNZS Manawanui preview image

Govt Must Clean Up ‘Its Shit’ From Sunken HMNZS Manawanui

Te Pāti Māori is calling out the Government and New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for their inaction and disgraceful downplaying of the impact caused by the sunken HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa. “We demand the Government move without further delay to clean up its shit from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa,” said co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “Three weeks have passed since the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui, and our Government continues to carelessly let it spill diesel into the moana of Samoa. It is time this inaction is called out, and the Government is taken to task.

Sanctions Soar, Jobs Vanish – National’s Cruelty Exposed preview image

Sanctions Soar, Jobs Vanish – National’s Cruelty Exposed

Te Pāti Māori is enraged at the National government’s ruthless punishment of beneficiaries, all while jobs are disappearing. MSD data shows a 133% increase in sanctions over the past year, with over 14,000 sanctions in just three months. The kicker? The jobs this government insists people should find are nowhere to be seen. “The traffic light system is a dead end, a road to nowhere, a tool designed to punish whānau for not finding jobs the government itself has destroyed,” says Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Police Perpetuate Siege on Ōpōtiki preview image

Police Perpetuate Siege on Ōpōtiki

Te Pāti Māori MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi, says today’s police-sponsored terrorism in Ōpōtiki is a continuation of the State’s predatory behaviour towards the iwi of Te Whakatōhea. "Ōpōtiki is once again being intentionally targeted and is the direct byproduct of this Government’s 'tough on crime' legislative changes,” said MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi. "This predatory action only exacerbates the broken relationship between Te Whakatōhea and authorities, which has been strained for centuries, ever since the death of Rev. Carl Sylvius Völkner in 1865.

ASA Declares Hobson’s Pledge Advertising Misleading and Socially Irresponsible preview image

ASA Declares Hobson’s Pledge Advertising Misleading and Socially Irresponsible

Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer welcome today’s ruling from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which found that a Hobson's Pledge advertisement regarding customary marine titles was misleading and socially irresponsible. The two-page wraparound ad, published in The New Zealand Herald, suggested that nearly the entire coastline of Aotearoa is under threat of being awarded to Māori through customary marine titles, implying that this would lead to widespread restrictions on public beach access. The ASA upheld more than 650 complaints, stating that Hobson's Pledge’s claims were materially misleading and failed to substantiate their arguments. The Board also recognised that the advertisement unnecessarily perpetuated fear, further marginalising Māori.

Govt Gambling Safety of our Moana preview image

Govt Gambling Safety of our Moana

Yesterday the government announced the list of 149 projects selected for fast-tracking across Aotearoa. Trans-Tasman Resources’ plan to mine the seabed off the coast of Taranaki was one of these projects. “We are disgusted but not surprised with the government’s decision to fast-track the decimation of our seabed,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa- Packer. “Seabed mining will wipe out habitats and lead to the extinction of entire species – compromising the livelihoods of our coastal communities.