Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
New Zealand Māori politician (1932-2011) · New Zealand · Politicians · Died at 79
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Something wrong?Tini "Whetu" Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan was a New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1967 to 1996, representing the Labour Party and was New Zealand’s first Māori woman cabinet minister, and, at the age of 40, was the youngest. Whetu was very influential in Māori affairs, civil and women's rights.
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Tini "Whetu" Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan was a New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1967 to 1996, representing the Labour Party and was New Zealand’s first Māori woman cabinet minister, and, at the age of 40, was the youngest. Whetu was very influential in Māori affairs, civil and women's rights. At the time of her retirement, she was the second longest-serving MP in Parliament, being in her tenth term of office. She was one of twenty holders of the Order of New Zealand, the highest honour of the country.
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