Hone Harawira

Hone Harawira
Hone Harawira in 2011
Leader of the Mana Movement
In office 30 April 2011 – 3 May 2021
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau
In office 2005–2014
Preceded by	Dover Samuels
Succeeded by	Kelvin Davis
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-06) 6 January 1955 (age 69) Whangārei, New Zealand
Political party	Mana Movement (2011 – current) Independent (2011) Māori Party (until 2011)

Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira^[1] is a New Zealand Māori activist and former parliamentarian. He was elected to parliament as the member for the Māori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau in 2005 as the Māori Party candidate.

In 2011, following a rift with party colleagues, Harawira resigned from the Māori Party. He subsequently announced the formation of the Mana Party, and then resigned from parliament to trigger the Te Tai Tokerau by-election, which he won as leader of the new party. Mana, now the Mana Movement, campaigned alongside the Internet Party in the 2014 general election, but failed to return Harawira or the party to parliament. He also stood unsuccessfully in 2017.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Harawira led community efforts to roadblock parts of the Far North District in 2020 and 2021.