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 Whanganui, in protest at grievances under the Treaty of Waitangi.[3]
Mair is a descendant of Captain Gilbert Mair,[citation needed] who was awarded the New Zealand Cross (1869) during Te Kooti's War.
References
- ^ "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Laws digs in over putting 'h' in Wanganui". The Dominion Post. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Anger still boiling beneath new amity". The New Zealand Herald. 6 February 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
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