The Mana Māori Movement was a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 political party. It advocated on behalf of the Māori people. It was founded by Eva Rickard

Eva Rickard

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, a prominent Māori activist. Rickard was originally a member of Mana Motuhake

Mana Motuhake

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, another Māori party, but quit when Mana Motuhake joined the Alliance

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 (a broad left-wing coalition). Rickard, believing that an independent Māori party was needed, founded Mana Māori in 1993.

Rickard's daughter, Angeline Greensill

Angeline Greensill

Angeline Ngahina Greensill is a prominent Māori political rights campaigner, academic and leader.-Early life:Greensill is of Tainui, Ngati Porou, and Ngati Paniora descent, born in the late 1940s in Kirikiriroa and raised at Te Kopua , Whaingaroa on the turangawaewae of Tainui o Tainui ki...

 later took over co-leadership of the Mana Māori Movement, the largest wholly Māori party contesting the New Zealand general election, 2002

New Zealand general election, 2002

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, and incorporated the smaller Te Tawharau

Te Tawharau

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 and Piri Wiri Tua

Piri Wiri Tua Movement

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 parties, but did not win any seats. The emergence of the new Māori Party

Maori Party

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, founded by sitting MP Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia

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, prompted the transfer of support from Mana Māori, and Greensill agreed to temporarily recess the party which was officially deregistered in 2005.