1. Adrian Paki Rurawhe was born on 1961 and is a New Zealand Labour Party politician.
17 Facts About Adrian Rurawhe
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Adrian Rurawhe has been an MP since 2014, and the speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023.
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Adrian Rurawhe is a grandson of Matiu and Iriaka Ratana, who were both Members of Parliament for the Western Maori electorate between 1945 and 1969.
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Adrian Rurawhe's grandfather died before he was born, and he was at secondary school before he was aware that his "Nan" was a Member of Parliament.
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Adrian Rurawhe was the chairman of the Ngati Apa iwi for ten years and was on the team that negotiated the 2011 treaty settlement with the Crown through the Waitangi Tribunal.
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Adrian Rurawhe worked alongside Tariana Turia, to whom he is related, when she was still a member of the Labour Party.
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Adrian Rurawhe was a member of the Maori Party between 2004 and 2008.
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At the 2014 election, after Turia had retired from politics, Adrian Rurawhe contested the Te Tai Hauauru electorate for Labour and defeated Chris McKenzie of the Maori Party.
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Adrian Rurawhe was junior whip after the election of Jacinda Ardern as Labour Party leader.
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In July 2015, Adrian Rurawhe introduced the Official Information Amendment Bill.
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Adrian Rurawhe retained Te Tai Hauauru for Labour in the 2017 general election.
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Speaker Trevor Mallard ruled that a name on a door in Parliament is not binding on the House and that the speaker's office had already been notified in writing that Adrian Rurawhe was not a whip, so the election could proceed.
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Adrian Rurawhe won re-election in the 2020 general election, defeating the Maori Party's candidate, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.
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Adrian Rurawhe did not contest the Te Tai Hauauru electorate in the 2023 general election, but stood as a list-only candidate, as all previous incumbent speakers under MMP have done.
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Adrian Rurawhe said that he felt the demands of being speaker meant that he could not serve the electorate fully.
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Adrian Rurawhe was placed 11 on the Labour party list.
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Adrian Rurawhe voted against the End of Life Choice Act 2019 and against the Abortion Legislation Act 2020.