Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics/New MPs/Heather Te Au Skipworth

Heather Te Au Skipworth QSM is a New Zealand politician who was a candidate for for the Māori Party.

Political career
On 1 March 2020, Heather Te Au Skipworth was selected as the Māori Party candidate for for the  election. Te Au Skipworth claimed that the Government is on “a very thin line towards apartheid” in regards to the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act to address the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.

Personal
Te Au Skipworth is of Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Te Arawa, and Tuwharetoa iwi. She founded the IronMāori organisation for multi-sport events in 2009, recieving the Queen's Service Medal in 2014 for services to athletics and to Māori.