![]() ![]() "Now I go round and I look at the schools, and in Parliament, or business, nearly every funky politician or business leader or university grad or head boy or head girl are wearing funky sneakers, suits with taonga, and feeling confident in that because of how they're holding themselves."ĭebbie Ngarewa-Packer in Te Tai Hauauru Photo: RNZ / Katie Scotcher She reflects on the changes in Parliament the party has been part of, like no longer requiring men to wear ties, and allowing hei tiki and other taonga to be worn instead. they are all dynamic politicians, leaders within their own communities of varying phases." "No doubt the third generation of this movement - they may even change their name - will look quite different to what the Debbie and Rawiri phase. "As painful as it is - and no different to giving birth, labour pains and watching our children go through teenagehood and all these sorts of things - it's a critical part of our growth in the fact that Māori never gave up on us. Ngarewa-Packer - who joined Waititi as a list MP before winning Te Tai Hauauru in 2023 - says that 2017 banishment was critical to their resurgence and continued evolution into the future. To go from that to their best ever result is remarkable. What was then called the Māori Party was ejected from Parliament in 2017 but returned in 2020 with two MPs after Rawiri Waititi secured the Waiariki seat.
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