Naida Glavish

Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish DNZM JP is a New Zealand politician and Māori community leader from the Ngāti Whātua iwi.[1] From 2013 to 2016, she was President of the Māori Party.[2]

Dame Naida Glavish

DNZM JP
Glavish in 2017
President of the Māori Party
In office
2013–2016
Personal details
CitizenshipNew Zealand
Political partyMāori Party

Glavish first came to national attention in 1984, when she was a telephone operator for the New Zealand Post Office, and used the Māori language greeting "kia ora" when dealing with callers. She was threatened with dismissal by her supervisor, but the prime minister of the day, Robert Muldoon, supported Glavish's use of the phrase.[3]

A member of Mana Motuhake, Glavish stood for the Alliance in the Te Tai Tokerau electorate at the 2002 general election, finishing third out of nine candidates.[4][5] She was ranked tenth on the Alliance party list,[4] and consequently was not elected to Parliament as the Alliance's party vote did not reach the five percent threshold.

At the 2008 general election, Glavish was a list-only candidate for the Māori Party, ranked at number eight on their list,[6] and was not elected to Parliament. She stood again on the Māori Party list, with a ranking of 11th, at the 2014 general election,[7] and once more was unsuccessful.

Honours

In the 2011 New Year Honours, Glavish was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to Māori and the community.[8] In the 2018 New Year Honours, she was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM), also for services to Māori and the community, and therefore granted the title dame.[1][3][9]

References
  1. "Rangimarie Naida Glavish: 'It's the first dame for my hapū'". Radio New Zealand. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. Rutherford, Hamish (13 July 2013). "Flavell named new Maori Party co-leader". Stuff. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "'Kia ora lady' made Dame Companion". Stuff. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. "Alliance list announced". Scoop Independent News. 10 June 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. "Official Count results - Te Tai Tokerau,2002". 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. "Maori Party list". Scoop Independent News. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  7. "Maori Party announces list order". Rotorua Daily Post. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  8. "New Year honours list 2011". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  9. "New Year honours list 2018". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Pem Bird		 President of the Māori Party
2013 to 2016		 Succeeded by
Tuku Morgan


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