Tariana Turia

Dame Tariana Turia
Turia in 2019
1st Minister for Whānau Ora
In office
8 April 2010 – 8 October 2014
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byTe Ururoa Flavell
2nd Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
In office
15 August 2003 – 30 April 2004
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded bySteve Maharey
Succeeded byRick Barker
In office
19 November 2008 – 12 December 2011
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byRuth Dyson
Succeeded byJo Goodhew
Minister for Disability Issues
In office
13 June 2009 – 8 October 2014
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byPaula Bennett
Succeeded byNicky Wagner
Co-leader of the Māori Party
In office
7 July 2004 – September 2014
Co-leading with Pita Sharples
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMarama Fox
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour Party List
In office
12 October 1996 – 27 July 2002
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Te Tai Hauāuru
In office
27 July 2002 – 20 August 2014
Preceded byNanaia Mahuta
Succeeded byAdrian Rurawhe
Personal details
Born (1944-04-08) 8 April 1944 (age 80)
Political partyMāori Party (2004–present)
Other political
affiliations
Labour (until 2004)
SpouseGeorge Turia

Dame Tariana Turia DNZM (born 8 April 1944) is a former New Zealand politician. She was first elected to Parliament in 1996. Turia gained considerable prominence during the foreshore and seabed controversy in 2004, and eventually broke with the Labour Party as a result. She resigned from parliament, and successfully contested a by-election in her former electorate as a candidate of the newly formed Māori Party, of which became a co-leader. She retired from Parliament in 2014.