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Mahara Okeroa was born on 1946 in New Zealand, is a New Zealand politician. Discover Mahara Okeroa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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His wife is Kay Okeroa

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Children Te Aorangi (son); Poata (son)

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1946

Te Whakamaharatanga Okeroa (born 1946) is a former New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labour Party.

1999

He represented the Te Tai Tonga Māori electorate as a Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2008.

Okeroa was born in Waitara, Taranaki and grew up in Parihaka.

He has iwi affiliations to Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru.

He trained and worked as a teacher before joining the Ministry of Education as a Māori education advisor and Te Puni Kōkiri as director for the Taranaki region.

Okeroa contested Te Tai Tonga, the Māori electorate covering the South Island and Wellington city, for the Labour Party at the 1999 general election.

He was successful, defeating the incumbent Tu Wyllie of the New Zealand First Party.

2002

Okeroa held the electorate in 2002 and 2005.

In his first term as an MP, Okeroa was deputy chair of the Social Services select committee and a member of the Māori Affairs committee.

In his second term, he was chair of the Māori Affairs committee and a member of the law and order committee.

2004

From July 2004, he held additional appointments as parliamentary under-secretary to the Minister of Māori Affairs and to the Minister of Education.

2005

After the 2005 general election, Okeroa was appointed a minister outside of Cabinet holding associate ministerial portfolios for Arts, Culture and Heritage; Conservation and Social Development and Employment.

2008

In the 2008 general election, Rahui Katene of the Māori Party out-polled Okeroa by a margin of 1,049 votes.

Okeroa's party list placement of 40 meant he was not able to immediately be elected as a list MP.

2009

Okeroa was elected to the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust in 2009 and succeeded Sir Ngātata Love as chair in October 2012 after the latter was removed, following a Serious Fraud Office investigation.

2011

He declined to re-enter Parliament as a list MP after the resignation of Darren Hughes in 2011 and did not stand for the general election later that year.

He was succeeded as Labour's Te Tai Tonga candidate by Rino Tirikatene.

2013

Okeroa held the chair until October 2013 when he was replaced by Neville Baker.

Okeroa's resignation from the Trust was announced the following year.

He has also been a trustee of the Wellington Tenths Trust.