Mahara Okeroa

The Honourable Mahara Okeroa MP
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Te Tai Tonga
In office 27 November 1999 – 8 November 2008
Preceded by	Tutekawa Wyllie
Succeeded by	Rahui Katene
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Nationality	New Zealand
Political party	Labour

The New Zealand politician Mahara Okeroa, a member of the Labour Party, represented the voters of the Te Tai Tonga Māori electorate as their Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2008.

Career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
1999–2002	46th	Te Tai Tonga	none	Labour
2002–2005	47th	Te Tai Tonga	33	Labour
2005–2008	48th	Te Tai Tonga	22	Labour

Born in Waitara in 1946, Okeroa worked as a teacher before entering politics.

He entered Parliament by defeating the incumbent Tu Wyllie of the New Zealand First Party in the 1999 general election. He served as a Minister of State and Associate Minister of Arts, Culture & Heritage; Conservation and Social Development & Employment in the Clark cabinet.

In the 2008 general election, Rahui Katene of the Māori Party out-polled Okeroa by a margin of 1,049 votes.^[1] Okeroa's low party-list placing of 40 has meant he will not return as a list Member of Parliament parliament unless a significant number of Labour list MPs retire.^[2]

External links

• Parliamentary website page

References

1. ^ Election results - Te Tai Tonga
2. ^ Scoop.co.nz:Labour list 2008.

Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by Tutekawa Wyllie	Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tonga 1999–2008	Succeeded by Rahui Katene

Persondata
Name	Okeroa, Mahara
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Date of birth	1946
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