Peeni Henare

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The Honourable
Peeni Henare
MP
Hon Peeni Henare.jpg
Henare in 2019
41st Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 November 2020
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byRon Mark
3rd Minister for Whānau Ora
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byTe Ururoa Flavell
14th Minister for Youth
In office
26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byNikki Kaye
Succeeded byPriyanca Radhakrishnan
26th Minister of Civil Defence
In office
27 June 2019 – 6 November 2020
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byKris Faafoi
Succeeded byKiri Allan
8th Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
In office
26 October 2017 – 3 July 2019
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byAlfred Ngaro
Succeeded byPoto Williams
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Tāmaki Makaurau
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 September 2014
Preceded byPita Sharples
Majority927
Personal details
RelationsTau Henare (great-grandfather)
James Henare (grandfather)
Websitewww.labour.org.nz/peenihenare

Peeni Ereatara Gladwyn Henare ([ˈpɛːni ˈhɛnaˌɾɛ]) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who has been a member of the New Zealand parliament for the Tāmaki Makaurau Māori electorate since the 2014 general election.

Family[]

Henare is a great grandson of Taurekareka Henare, who held the Northern Maori seat between 1914 and 1938.[1] His grandfather was James Henare,[1] who had stood for the National Party in five elections between 1946 and 1963.[2] His father was Erima Henare, who was the head of the Māori Language Commission.

Political career[]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2014–2017 51st Tāmaki Makaurau none Labour
2017–2020 52nd Tāmaki Makaurau none Labour
2020–present 53rd Tāmaki Makaurau 18 Labour


Peeni Henare won the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate ahead of Rangi McLean of the Māori Party in 2014.[3] In 2016, a member's bill submitted by Henare which aimed to ban the import of goods produced by slave labour was drawn from the ballot.[4] The bill had been first introduced by Maryan Street and defeated at its first reading in 2009.[5] It was again defeated at its first reading in 2016 due to opposition from the National Party and Act New Zealand.[6]

Henare was elected as a Minister outside Cabinet by the Labour Party caucus following Labour's formation of a coalition government with New Zealand First and the Greens in 2017.[7] He assumed the portfolio of Minister for Whānau Ora, which falls under the purview of Te Puni Kōkiri (the Ministry for Māori Development).[8][9]

Following a cabinet reshuffle in late June 2019, Henare was appointed as Minister of Civil Defence.[10][11]

During the 2020 general election, Henare retained Tāmaki Makaurau, defeating the Māori Party candidate and co-leader John Tamihere and Green co-leader Marama Davidson. When the official results were released, Henare had a majority of 956,[12] but after the Māori Party requested a recount in Tāmaki Makaurau,[13] Henare's majority fell slightly to 927.[14] In November 2020, Henare was announced as Minister of Defence and Minister for Whānau Ora. He also assumed the health, housing and tourism associate porfolios with responsibility for Māori health and housing.[15][16]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Grandson aims to keep Parliament seat in family". The Northern Advocate. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ^ Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 247. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  3. ^ Ropiha, Billie Jo (20 September 2014). "Peeni Henare presents humble victory speech". Māori Television. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill - New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill - New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill — First Reading - New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Who's in? Who's out?". Radio NZ. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Ministry of Māori Development". Te Puni Kokiri. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Winners and losers - PM reveals first substantive Cabinet reshuffle". Radio New Zealand. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  11. ^ Small, Zane (27 June 2019). "Jacinda Ardern's Cabinet reshuffle: Phil Twyford's Housing portfolio split into three". Newshub. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Tāmaki Makaurau - Official Results". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  13. ^ Hurihanganui, Te Aniwa (11 November 2020). "Māori Party requests recount in two electorates after claims of bias". RNZ. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Amended Official Result for the Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Hauāuru Electoral Districts". New Zealand Gazette. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Ministerial List for Announcement on Monday" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 November 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Ministerial List". Ministerial List. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Pita Sharples
 Member of Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau
2014–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Whānau Ora
2017–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Ron Mark
 Minister of Defence
2020–present
Preceded by
Alfred Ngaro
 Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
2017–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Nikki Kaye
 Minister for Youth
2017–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Kris Faafoi
 Minister of Civil Defence
2019–2020 		Succeeded by
Kiri Allan
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