Mana Movement

"Mana Party" redirects here. For the Indian political party, see Mana Party (India).

Mana Movement
LeaderHone Harawira
PresidentLisa McNab
SecretaryAndrew Paul
Founded30 April 2011
Dissolved3 May 2021
Split fromMāori Party
Youth wingMana Rangatahi
IdeologyTino rangatiratanga
Māori rights
Political positionLeft-wing[1][2]
ColorsRed, black
Website
mana.org-nz

The Mana Movement,[3] originally known as the Mana Party,[4] is a former political party in New Zealand. The party was led by Hone Harawira who formed it in April 2011 following his resignation from the Māori Party.[5] Harawira won the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau of 25 June 2011 for the Mana Party[6] and retained the seat during the 2011 general election in November.[7]

Under a short-term agreement with the Internet Party, a joint Internet Party and Mana Movement contested the 2014 general election with the Mana Movement providing the first, third and fourth list candidates.[8] Despite being funded by online millionaire Kim Dotcom, the Internet Party and Mana Movement failed to win a single seat. Harawira lost his seat to Labour Party candidate Kelvin Davis, and with only 1.42% of the party vote, Internet Mana did not return to parliament.[a]

During the 2017 general election, the Mana Movement took 0.1% of the party vote and failed to gain any seats.[9] It did not contest the 2020 general election[10] and instead endorsed the Māori Party.[11]

On 3 May 2021 the party's registration was cancelled at its own request.[12]

  1. ^ Manhire, Toby (22 August 2014). "The whale that swallowed New Zealand's election campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ Zeiher, Cindy; Banbury, Josiah (April 2017). "Mana and Ideological Integrity" (PDF). Counterfutures. No. 2. Counterfutures. p. 114. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ It is styled in English as the MANA Movement.
  4. ^ "Change of party name and registration of a substitute logo — Mana Movement". Elections.org.nz. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Hone Harawira launches new party". Stuff. 30 April 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Harawira takes Mana to Parliament". The New Zealand Herald. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  7. ^ "2011 Te Tai Tokerau by election stats". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Memorandum Of Understanding Between the Mana Movement and the Internet Party". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. ^ "2017 General Election - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Parties | Vote NZ". vote.nz. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Amendment to the Register of Political Parties". Electoral Commission. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.


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