Te Pāti Māori
New Zealand political party promoting indigenous rights
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| February 11 2025 | The New Zealand Herald reported that Detective Superintendent Ross McKay was leading an inquiry into allegations of Te Pāti Māori's misuse of census and Covid-19 vaccination data for electoral campaigning. |
| February 4 2025 | Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer proposed creating a Parliamentary Commissioner for Te Tiriti o Waitangi with powers to audit and veto bills not complying with the Treaty, presenting this as a 'bottomline' in potential coalition negotiations. |
| January 22 2025 | A Statistics New Zealand report cleared the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency of data breaches during the 2023 Census, finding no evidence of misconduct and referring allegations to the Privacy Commissioner. |
| December 10 2024 | The four MPs who performed the disruptive haka were referred to Parliament's Privileges Committee for their actions. |
| November 14 2024 | Te Pāti Māori MPs Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Rawiri Waititi, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Labour MP Peeni Henare led a disruptive haka (ka mate) during the first reading of David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill. |
| June 10 2024 | Prime Minister Luxon announced an independent Public Service Commission inquiry into government agencies' data protection and the allegations against Te Pāti Māori. |
| June 7 2024 | Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer called for an urgent Police investigation into the data breach allegations. The Public Service Commissioner convened a meeting of government agencies to investigate the claims. |
| June 5 2024 | Labour Party filed a complaint against Te Pāti Māori for allegedly using COVID-19 immunisation programme personal information for political campaigning, with multiple political leaders calling for an investigation. |
| June 2 2024 | Allegations emerged that Te Pāti Māori illegally used 2023 New Zealand census data to target Māori electorate voters in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate, with Statistics New Zealand investigating the claims. |
| May 30 2024 | Te Pāti Māori and Toitū Te Tiriti movement led a nationwide day of protest called 'Toitū Te Tiriti National Day of Action', coinciding with the 2024 New Zealand budget release. The party urged Māori to strike and participate in hīkoi (protests), claiming 100,000 people attended nationwide 'car-koi activation' rallies. |
| 2023 | The Māori Party won six electorate seats and achieved 3.08% of the popular vote under the leadership of Waititi and Ngarewa-Packer. |
| December 5 2023 | Te Pāti Māori organised nationwide protests called National Māori Action Day during the opening of the 54th New Zealand Parliament, protesting against the National-led coalition government's policies on co-governance and the Treaty of Waitangi. The party's MPs modified their oaths of allegiance to reference the Treaty of Waitangi. |
| October 2023 | Te Pāti Māori achieved its most successful election result, winning six electorate seats and 3.08% of the popular vote, though Meka Whaitiri was defeated in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate. |
| September 2023 | During a TVNZ interview, Rawiri Waititi denied racist implications of the party's sports policy comments about Māori genetic makeup, later removing the controversial statements from their website. |
| August 29 2023 | Te Pāti Māori issued public apologies to refugee and migrant communities for 'harmful narratives' of xenophobia and racism on their official party website, and committed to rewriting policy documents including the 'Indigenous First' framework in their Whānau Build policy. |
| August 2 2023 | Te Pāti Māori campaigned on ending state care for Māori children and proposed replacing Oranga Tamariki with an independent Mokopuna Māori Authority to ensure Māori children remain connected to their whakapapa. |
| July 27 2023 | The party announced redistributive tax policies, including a zero tax policy for those earning below NZ$30,000, a new 48% tax on earnings above NZ$300,000, raising the companies tax rate to 33%, and a wealth tax on millionaires. |
| July 14 2023 | Te Pāti Māori launched its 2023 general election campaign at Te Whānau O Waipareira's Matariki event in Henderson, Auckland, campaigning on advancing Māori interests and combating racism. |
| May 10 2023 | Ngarewa-Packer and Waititi performed a haka during Parliamentary proceedings to welcome Whaitiri to the Māori Party. Speaker Rurawhe ordered them to leave Parliament for performing the haka without obtaining prior permission. |
| May 3 2023 | Sitting minister Meka Whaitiri announced her departure from the Labour Party and joining Te Pāti Māori. Speaker Adrian Rurawhe confirmed she would serve the remainder of her term as an independent MP under standing order 35(5). |
| 2022 | Te Pāti Māori removed a controversial statement from its sports policy claiming Māori genetic makeup was 'stronger than others'. |
| September 2022 | The Serious Fraud Office closed the investigation into the party's donations and decided not to pursue prosecutions. |
| September 2022 | Charities Services began investigating two charities headed by Party President John Tamihere (Te Whānau Waipareira Trust and the National Urban Māori Authority) for potentially financing his 2020 election campaign. |
| June 2 2022 | The party submitted a petition to Parliament's petitions committee to rename New Zealand as 'Aotearoa', which had gathered over 70,000 signatures. |
| January 6 2022 | On Waitangi Day, the party called for Queen Elizabeth II to be removed as New Zealand's head of state and for the return of land to iwi and hapū. |
| September 17 2021 | Te Pāti Māori launched an online petition to rename New Zealand to Aotearoa, with 51,000 signatures collected by this date. |
| June 2021 | Te Pāti Māori called for a joint task force between the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and New Zealand Police to address right-wing extremists and anti-Māori hate speech, prompted by a threatening YouTube video calling for the slaughter of Māori and a civil war. |
| June 2021 | A 44-year-old male was arrested and charged with making an objectionable publication after Te Pāti Māori laid a complaint with the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) regarding the hate speech video. |
| May 2021 | Co-leaders Ngarewa-Packer and Waititi supported the Green MP Golriz Ghahraman's push for New Zealand to recognise the State of Palestine. |
| April 29 2021 | The Police referred the investigation into Te Pāti Māori's undeclared donations to the Serious Fraud Office. |
| April 12 2021 | The Electoral Commission referred Te Pāti Māori to the Police for failing to disclose approximately NZ$320,000 in donations, including contributions from former party co-leader John Tamihere, the Urban Māori Authority, and the Aotearoa Te Kahu Limited Partnership. |
| 2020 | The party gained 33,632 votes (1.17% of total votes), securing 2 seats and returning to the 5th party position in Opposition. |
| November 26 2020 | Te Pāti Māori MPs Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer walked out of Parliament in protest after Speaker Trevor Mallard prevented them from speaking, blocking Waititi's motion to allow party leaders a 15-minute 'address in reply'. The MPs viewed this as a silencing of the Māori voice in parliamentary proceedings. |
| November 11 2020 | John Tamihere requests vote recounts in the Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Hauāuru electorates, alleging discrimination against Māori voters during the election. |
| October 28 2020 | Rawiri Waititi replaces John Tamihere as male co-leader after winning the Waiariki electorate in the 2020 New Zealand general election. |
| September 2020 | Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidate Heather Te Au-Skipworth releases the party's sports policy, which includes establishing a national Māori sporting body and investing in Māori sporting scholarships and programs. |
| May 2020 | Te Pāti Māori receives a broadcasting allocation of $145,101 for the 2020 election. |
| April 15 2020 | John Tamihere and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer officially become the new co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori. |
| March 2020 | John Tamihere announced as the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate candidate for Te Pāti Māori, after previously holding the seat for Labour from 2002 to 2005. |
| August 2018 | Te Pāti Māori experiences a leadership vacancy after Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell's terms end. |
| 2017 | Te Ururoa Flavell resigned from politics after the election defeat, expressing sadness at the loss of seats. |
| 2017 | The Māori Party failed to win any seats, which was interpreted as a backlash for their previous support of the National Party. |
| 2017 | Te Pāti Māori received 30,580 votes (1.18% of total votes), winning 2 seats and positioned as the 7th party with no seats in Parliament. |
| 2014 | The party secured 31,850 votes (1.32% of total votes), reducing to 1 seat while maintaining a confidence and supply position as the 5th party. |
| 2014 | The Māori Party won two Māori seats and maintained support for the National Party government. |
| 2014 | Te Ururoa Flavell became the male co-leader of the Māori Party, with Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia deciding not to stand for re-election. |
| September 2014 | Marama Fox becomes the first list MP and female co-leader of Te Pāti Māori. |
| July 13 2013 | Pita Sharples resigns as co-leader, citing a desire for party unity, and Te Ururoa Flavell becomes the male co-leader. |
| December 2012 | Tariana Turia announces her intention to resign as party co-leader before the 2014 general election. |
| 2011 | Te Pāti Māori won 31,982 votes (1.43% of total votes), increasing to 2 seats and continuing in a confidence and supply arrangement as the 5th party. |
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