Hone Harawira
Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira is a New Zealand Mori activist and former parliamentarian. He was elected to the Parliament of New Zealand for the Mori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau in the 2005 general election as the Mori Party candidate. His resignation caused the Te Tai Tokerau byelection, held onJune 2011, which he won with a majority of 1117. As Leader of the Mana Movement and Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau, he sat on the front bench in the New Zealand House of Representatives until losing the seat in the 2014 general election.
Harawira was born to John Puriri Harawira and Titewhai Harawira in Whangarei onJanuary 1955. He was raised in West Auckland and attended St Stephens School, a boarding school for Mori boys, and the University of Auckland. He credits people like Muhammad Ali, Syd Jackson, Nelson Mandela, Maori Marsden, his mother and his wife for teaching him the need for strength, commitment, wisdom and vision. His mother descends from the Ngti Hau, Ngti Wai and Ngti Hine tribes, his father from Te Aupuri, Ngpuhi and Ngti Whtua, and he is part Pkeh. He married Hilda Halkyard from the Ngti Haua hap of Te Rarawa.
Source: Wikipedia