Pita Paraone

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Pita Paraone, MNZM, (born 30 November 1945) is a New Zealand politician, Chairman of the Waitangi Trust Board. He is a member of the New Zealand First party.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
2002–2005	47th	List	7	NZ First
2005–2008	48th	List	7	NZ First

He was first elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 2002 elections, having previously been a regional director for the Ministry of Maori Development. He was born in the Bay of Islands.

In the 2008 general election Paraone was sixth on the New Zealand First party list, but the party lost all its parliamentary seats, winning no electorates and polling below the 5% threshold.

In December 2009 he was elected a Chairman of the Waitangi Trust Board, replacing Jeremy Williams. Paraone has been on the board of the Waitangi Trust since 1997.^[1]

References

↑ "Waitangi Trust Board has new chairman". The New Zealand Herald. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

External links

Page on Parliamentary website

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Name	Paraone, Pita
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Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	30 November 1945
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