Shanan Kiritea Halbert was born on 1982 and is a New Zealand politician.
10 Facts About Shanan Halbert
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Shanan Halbert grew up in Napier, and moved to Auckland after graduating from high school.
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Shanan Halbert has a BA in education and Maori from the University of Auckland and a certificate in Contemporary Performing Arts from AUT.
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Shanan Halbert has worked at Glenfield College, where he set up the Health Sciences Academy, and at Catholic college Hato Petera.
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Shanan Halbert was the Head of Relationships at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
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Shanan Halbert stood as a list-only candidate for Labour in the 2014 general election.
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Shanan Halbert instead contested the Northcote electorate; he neither won the electorate nor won a list seat on his party list ranking of 51.
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In 2018, after the resignation of Jonathan Coleman, Shanan Halbert again contested the Northcote by-election as Labour's candidate, having been chosen for the candidacy over Paul McGreal and Auckland Councillor Richard Hills.
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Shanan Halbert's father died of lung cancer on election day.
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Shanan Halbert is one of 13 MPs in the 2020 Parliament who identify as LGBTQI+.