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Rana Donald Waitai (born 26 November 1942 in Wanganui, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand politician. He was a member of parliament from 1996 to 1999. ==Early years== His father was Te Rangi Koroingo Te Oreore Waitai (August 1912 – 1989) born and died in Lower Hutt. His mother was Mavis Lillian Waitai (née Winduss) (May 1912 – 1997) born in Nelson and died in Lower Hutt. Rana Waitai was the partner of Te Aroha Ann Ruru Stanton from 1966 to 1995 and they have four daughters. Rana Waitai was a Freezing Worker at Wanganui in 1961, a Bushman in 1961 at Karioi and also a factory worker. He later became a trainee probation officer at Wellington and in 1965 joined the New Zealand Police. In 1979 Waitai was the Duty Inspector at Police National Headquarters when Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed on Erebus. He rang Chief Superintendent Brian Davies who was at home in the evening: "We seem to have a small problem.... We have lost a DC-10 sir."〔''Whiteout'' by Michael Guy, page 99 (Martinborough NZ 1980, Alister Taylor)〕 He retired from the Police at the rank of Superintendent after 31 years. Waitai was involved in the New Zealand National Party between 1973 to 1992, quitting after a dispute with then Prime Minister, Jim Bolger. He rejoined the National Party in 2000. 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「Rana Waitai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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