Sunday, April 26, 2020

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

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'''Debbie Ngarewa-Packer''' is the co-leader of the [[Māori Party]]<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and the leader and chief executive of the [[Ngāti Ruanui]] iwi.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Politics ==
Ngarewa-Packer is a former deputy mayor of South Taranaki.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2"></ref>

Ngarewa-Packer was elected co-leader of the Māori Party in April 2020, along with [[John Tamihere]]. [[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] understood that both were elected uncontested.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> She had previously been selected to be the Māori Party's candidate for the [[Te Tai Hauāuru]] electorate for the [[2020 New Zealand general election|2020 election]] in October 2019, and was the first electoral candidate announced by the party for that election.<ref name=":0" />

== Ngāti Ruanui and local activism ==

Ngarewa-Packer is chief executive of the [[Ngāti Ruanui]] iwi.<ref name=":1" /> She is also kaiarataki of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui, which runs healthcare centres in Hāwera and Pātea.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Ngarewa-Packer has campaigned against iron sands mining off the [[Taranaki]] coast.<ref name=":0" /> In April 2020, ​the [[Court of Appeal of New Zealand|Court of Appeal]] found that the [[Environmental Protection Authority (New Zealand)|Environmental Protection Authority]]'s decision in 2017 to grant a marine discharge consent to a mining company was not consistent with the law to protect the environment from harmful substances.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> However, the company behind the plan is seeking leave from the Supreme Court to appeal.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

In 2004, she rallied more than 250 Taranaki people to join with the the [[New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy|foreshore and seabed hikoi]] on its way to Wellington.<ref name=":0" />

In 2011, she joined a 10-member independent panel set up by the Government to identify ways to raise the rate of return on Maori-owned assets, and grow Maori contribution to New Zealand's economy.<ref name=":2" />

== Personal ==
Ngarewa-Packer was a nominee for the [[Taranaki Daily News]] person of the year in 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She is a descendant of Tutange Waionui of Ngati Ruanui, who fought alongside Titokowaru during the [[New Zealand Wars|New Zealand Land Wars]] and claimed credit for killing Austrian mercenary Gustav Von Tempsky.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== References ==



[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Māori Party MPs]]
[[Category:Leaders of political parties in New Zealand]]
[[Category:New Zealand activists]]
[[Category:New Zealand women activists]]
[[Category:Ngāti Ruanui]]
[[Category:New Zealand Māori women]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand women politicians]]
[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]]


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