User:Jtwd/James Meager

Hēmi Rāwiri Meihera (whānau i te 1986, rānei i te 1987) he kaiwhakahaere-aotearoa nō Aotearoa, ā, he Mema o te Whare Pāremata i te Whare Pāremata mō te Rōpū Nāhinara i te takiwā o Rangitata.

Whakatupuranga-mua me te whaiwhai mahi
I whānau i Timaru i te tau 1986, rānei i te 1987, ko Meihera he uri nō Ngāi Tahu. I tipu ia i Timaru, ka noho ia i te whareherehere ture. I haere ia ki te kura o Timaru Boys' High, i whiwhi ia i te rangatira tane me te dux. I whiwhi ia i ngā tohu o te Whakaahua me te Toi mō nga Mātauranga ki te Whare Wānanga o Otago, ahakoa kua whakararuraru ia ki te whiwhi i te whakamana hei rata i te timatanga. Ka whakamārama ia i a ia iho hei "kaikōrero whakararuraru, whakapūmau me te whakaaro whai whakaaro" i te wā i te whare wānanga, ā, ka whakapau kaha ana ki te inumanga. I te wā i te whare wānanga, i āwhina a Meihera ki te kaupapa a Michael Woodhouse, he MP o te rōpū Nāhinara i te whawhai i te tau 2011, ka whiwhi i te whare o te tau 2014. I mua i tana whiwhi ki te Pāremata, ka mahi a Meihera hei kaiwhakamahi ture me te whakahaere i tētahi whareherehere. I whai hua ia hei kaiwhakahaere ki te huihuinga ki a Paula Bennett, hei kaimahi mo te tari whakapāremata a Chris Bishop, me te kaitohutohu ki a Bill English me Simon Bridges.

I whiriwhiri a Meihera hei kaiwhakahaere mō te rōpū Nāhinara i te takiwā whakapau kaha o Rangitata i te 18 o Hepetema 2022. He whawhai tino i whakahaerehia, ā, he kotahi atu tangata whaiwhai mahi i te tono mō te whiriwhiri.

I te pō whakapōtitanga, ka whiwhi a Meihera i ngā whakapau kaha e 22,792, i whakapau kaha ai ia i te Mema Pāremata i te tauwhānui, a Jo Luxton o te Rōpū Reipa, e 10,846 ngā whakapau kaha. Ka kī a Meihera ko tana whāinga tuatahi hei Mema Pāremata kia whakaritea te hanga i te whare tōtika tuarua mō Ashburton i runga i ngā whakaritenga i hangaia ai. I whakaputaina te whare tōtika i te marama o Akuhata 2023 e te kāwanatanga Reipa, ka tīmata te hanga i te tau 2024, ā, ka tango i ngā tau e rua. I whakapau kaha a Meihera ki te whakamaui atu ki te whakararuraru i ngā wā kaha, engari ka whakapau kaha ia ki te tīmata i te hanga i te wā tuatahi o te whakaparliament.

Ko Meihera te Mema Pāremata hōu tuatahi ki te whakapuaki i tana whaikōrero whakapakari i te 54 o te Pāremata. I whakamihia tana āwhina, i whakapākarihia tana whakatipuranga, hei "tamaiti Māori i whānau mai i te whare herehere ture e te mātua kotore i runga i te whiwhinga," me te "hinganga haere" o taua tama e whai ana i te Mema Pāremata Nāhinara. I whakarangatira a Meihera e ngā kaiwhakamāhiri, i whakapuaki aua kaituhi i a ia hei "pūmanawa whakapau kaha me te whakapau kaha" me te "kaiwhakahaere tōrangapū kei te whakaaro whakamua hei pirimia i te wā e heke mai ana."