2005 Candidate Profile Fact Sheet - Hone Harawira
2005 Candidate Profile Fact Sheet
Hone Harawira
Maori
Party
Tai Tokerau
Occupation: CEO
Age: 50
Campaign manager: Hilda Halkyard Harawira
1 Personal
details attached
2 Background attached
3 Key issues
attached
4 Portfolios attached
1 PERSONAL DETAILS
Name Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira
Age 50 [06 Jan 55]
Marital status Married
Children 7
Grandchildren 2
2 BACKGROUND
- Born in Whangarei and raised in West
Auckland, Hone attended St Stephens School and Auckland
University, but learnt most of his skills in the work force
and the ranks of the Maori Protest Movement.
- Hone says
he draws his inspiration from people like Muhammad Ali, Syd
Jackson, Nelson Mandela, Maori Marsden, his mum and his
wife.
- From them Hone says has learnt the need for
strength, commitment, wisdom and vision - attributes that he
has always tried to apply to his roles with whanau, work and
community development.
- Hone has sharpened his skills
and built the networks necessary to be a positive
contributor to the revitalisation of the Maori world.
-
In his actions and his deeds, Hone has already shown the
courage needed to achieve results for Maori.
- His goal
is to help Maori people achieve their tino rangatiratanga.
HONE is a strong family man with deep roots in Tai
Tokerau:
- His mother is a descendant of Ngati Hau,
Ngati Wai, Ngati Hine;
- His father is from Aupouri,
Ngapuhi & Ngati Whatua;
- His real strength, his wife
Hilda, is from Ngati Haua in Te Rarawa;
- They have 7
children and 2 mokopuna [1 Tuhoe, 1 Samoan];
- They live
in Waimanoni, amongst their Ngaitakoto relations.
HONE
has had a long involvement in the fight for Maori rights:
- Member of Nga Tamatoa who led the fight for Reo Maori
in schools;
- Stood with Ngati Whatua during their
occupation of Bastion Point;
- Leader and spokesperson
of the Waitangi Action Committee, who laid the foundation
for legislative recognition of Treaty rights;
- Leader
of He Taua, the group which ended years of student racism at
Auckland University;
- Leader of the Patu Squad which
opposed the Springbok Tour;
- Organiser of the
Kotahitanga hikoi from Turangawaewae to Waitangi;
-
Founding member of the Kawariki, the Far North group
responsible for maintaining pressure on the government to
recognise Maori rights;
- Leader of the Foreshore &
Seabed Hikoi, the the country's largest ever demonstration,
Maoridom's greatest expression of unity to stop racist
legislation, and the event which launched the Maori Party.
Over the last 20 years, HONE has held the following jobs:
- Manager Aupouri Ngati Kahu Te Rarawa Trust;
-
Manager Aupouri Maori Trust Board;
- Manager Te Reo
Irirangi O Te Hiku O Te Ika;
- CEO Tehiku Media.
HONE
has also had a strong hand in guiding other organisations:
- Founder Hui Whakataetae;
- Founder Te Reo
Irirangi O Te Hiku O Te Ika;
- Founder Far North Iwi
Working Group;
- Initiator Kotahitanga Tribal
Forum;
- Author Te Hauora O Te Hiku O Te Ika Trust
Deed;
- Writer Te Reo O Te Kawariki Media Series;
-
Director Te Wananga Ta Moko;
- Chairman Far North Rugby
League;
- Chairman Rangaunu Sports Club;
- Chairman
Te Wananga Reo O Te Tai Tokerau;
- Chairman Aniwaniwa
Kokiri;
- Chairman Aniwaniwa Kohanga Reo;
- Chairman
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Te Rangi Aniwaniwa;
- Chairman
Te Wharekura O Te Rangi Aniwaniwa;
- Chairman Te Wananga
O Te Rangi Aniwaniwa;
- Chairman Te Puna Wai;
-
Chairman Tehiku Sports Foundation.
HONE's work has also
been noted at national level:
- Member Te Mangai
Paho
- Chairman Whakaruruhau
- Chairman Te Putahi
Paoho
HONE has played a major role in building the Maori
Party:
- In May 2004 he ran the Hikoi which launched
the Maori Party;
- In June he ran the tour which set up
the first 4 branches in Tai Tokerau;
- In July he helped
write the Constitution for the Maori Party;
- In
September 2004 he was nominated for the Tai Tokerau seat by
the Te Hiku Branch, which now numbers more than 1000
members;
- In February 2005 he was confirmed as the Tai
Tokerau candidate.
HONE's strengths include:
- a
proven commitment to Maori social, political & economic
development;
- can take an idea from vision to planning,
to management, to completion;
- good speaker of Maori
[oral and written];
- very good health [paddler,
non-drinker, non-smoker, anti-drug];
- focus on peoples
self-development to realise project outcomes;
- work
with people at all levels and from all backgrounds;
-
excellent Maori networks - rangatahi, wahine and
kaumatua;
- positive relationship with iwi leaders
throughout the country;
- ongoing working knowledge of
the public sector;
- strong relationship with MP's
across all political boundaries;
3 KEY ISSUES
- The
lack of trust that Maori people have in the Labour
Party
- The desire for an independent Maori voice in
Parliament
- The Treaty
- The Foreshore and
Seabed
- Education
- Health
- Jobs
-
Economic Development
- Housing
4 PORTFOLIO
-
Broadcasting, because of his extensive background
- Hone
also has very strong interests in Health, Education, the
Treaty, and Economic Development.
- He will accept other
Portfolios as determined by the Maori Party Council and
Caucus.
ENDS