Mana Motuhake
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Mana Māori Motuhake was a Māori political party in New Zealand from 1980 to 2005. The name is difficult to translate accurately, but essentially refers to Māori self-rule and self-determination — mana
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Mana Motuhake leader Sandra Lee (pictured circa 1997–98).
Matiu Rata
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Matiu Waitai Rata was a Māori politician who was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 1963 to 1980, and a cabinet minister from 1972 to 1975. In 1979 he resigned from the L
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…to unify Māori to gain 'political potency'. From 1991 to 2002, the party participated in the left-wing Alliance. Mana Motuhake was formed in 1980 by Matiu Rata, a former Labour Party member of parliament who had served as Minister of Māori Affairs in the third Labour government (1972–1975). Rata had grown…
Matiu Rata at Hairini Marae