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|seats2_title = |seats2 = |seats3_title = |seats3 = |symbol = |flag = |website = http://www.maoriparty.org/ |country = New Zealand |country2 = |state = |footnotes = }} The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand, was formed on 7 July 2004. Tariana Turia formed the party after resigning from the Labour Party, where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government. She and Pita Sharples, a high-profile academic, became co-leaders. After the 2008 election, the Party supported a National Party-led government, and Turia and Sharples became ministers outside cabinet. A similar arrangement continued after the 2011 and 2014 elections. Sharples resigned as male co-leader in 2013 and was replaced by Te Ururoa Flavell, who become Minister for Maori Development (outside cabinet) following the 2014 election. ==Formation== The foreshore and seabed controversy, a debate about whether Māori have legitimate claim to ownership of part or all of New Zealand's foreshore and seabed, became the catalyst for setting up the Māori Party. The Māori Party believes: : *Māori owned the foreshore and seabed before British colonisation; : *The Treaty of Waitangi made no specific mention of foreshore or seabed; : *No-one has subsequently purchased or otherwise acquired the foreshore or the seabed; and : *Māori should therefore still own the seabed and the foreshore today. A court judgement stated that some Māori appeared to have the right to seek formal ownership of a specific portion of seabed in the Marlborough Sounds. This prospect alarmed many sectors of New Zealand society, however, and the Labour Party foreshadowed legislation in favour of state ownership instead. This angered many Māori, including many of Labour's Māori MPs. Two MPs representing Māori electorates, Tariana Turia and Nanaia Mahuta, announced an intent to vote against the legislation. Turia, a junior minister, once informed that voting against the government would appear "incompatible" with holding ministerial rank, announced on 30 April 2004 her intention to resign from the Labour Party. Her resignation took effect on 17 May, and she left parliament until she won a by-election in her Te Tai Hauauru seat two months later. After leaving the Labour Party, Turia, subsequently joined by Sharples, began organizing a new political party. They and their supporters agreed that the new organization would simply use the name of "the Māori Party". They chose a logo of black and red — traditional Māori colours — incorporating a koru design, also traditional. The leaders of the Māori Party indicated that they wished to unite "all Māori" into a single political movement. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Māori Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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