Elizabeth Kerekere
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Elizabeth Anne Kerekere[1] (born 1965 or 1966)[2] is a New Zealand politician and LGBTQ activist and scholar.[3] She was elected a member of parliament for the Green Party in 2020, but resigned from the Greens on 5 May 2023, following allegations of bullying within the party. Kerekere remained in parliament as an independent until the 2023 election.[4]
Elizabeth Kerekere | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green party list | |
In office 17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 or 1966 (age 58–59) Gisborne, New Zealand |
Political party | Independent (2023) Green (until 2023) |
Spouse | Alofa Aiono |
Awards | Takatapui Award – 2018 New Zealand LGBTI Awards |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Thesis | Part of the whānau: the emergence of takatāpui identity – He whāriki takatāpui (2017) |
Doctoral advisor | Rawinia Higgins Ocean Mercier |
Kerekere identifies as takatāpui and produced the first major research on takatāpui identity with her doctoral thesis in 2017.[5][6] She is also an artist and graduated from Eastern Institute of Technology with a bachelor in Māori visual arts (Te Toi o Ngā Rangi).[2] In 2000, in her role of Te Kairuruku, Ngā Kaupapa Māori at Dowse Art Museum she curated an exhibition called Kaumatua Anō te Ātaahua: Honouring the Gifts of our Elders.[7]