Ken Mair

Ken Mair is a New Zealand political activist and politician.

He has unsuccessfully contested several general elections for Mana Māori. He was ranked eighth on their party list in 1996,[1] seventh in 1999, and second in 2002.

Mair has acted as a spokesperson for Māori iwi in the area around the Whanganui River,[2] and was one of the organisers of the 1995 occupation of Moutoa Gardens in Wanganui, in protest at grievances under the Treaty of Waitangi.[3]

References

  1. "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  2. "Laws digs in over putting 'h' in Wanganui". The Dominion Post. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  3. "Anger still boiling beneath new amity". The New Zealand Herald. 6 February 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2011.

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