Māori Party
Tariana Turia founded the party in 2004 after resigning from the governing centre-left Labour Party. She and Pita Sharples, a high-profile academic, became the first co-leaders. The party won four Māori seats in the 2005 election and went into Opposition. After the 2008, 2011 and 2014 elections, it supported a government led by the centre-right National Party. The MāORI Party...
