Mita Ririnui

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Parl.	Electorate	List Pos.	Party
46th	Waiariki	47	Labour
47th	Waiariki	32	Labour
48th	List	15	Labour

Mita Michael Ririnui is a New Zealand politician and a member of the Labour Party. He was the MP for the Maori seat of Waiariki, winning the seat in the 1999 elections from Tuariki Delamere. In the 2005 election, he lost his electorate seat to Te Ururoa Flavell of the Māori Party and remains in parliament as a list MP

As of 2006, Ririnui is a Minister outside Cabinet, having Associate Ministerial roles in the Corrections, Health, and Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, and Forestry portfolios. He also chairs the Labour Party's internal Maori Caucus. Before entering politics, he worked for a number of notable Maori community organisations, and he is a registered minister of the Ratana church.

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