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Debbie NGAREWA-PACKER

Te Tai Hauāuru · Māori Party

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Pecuniary interests

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Directorships

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Recent meetings

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is a New Zealand politician who has served as Co-leader of Te Pāti Māori and Member of Parliament for Te Tai Hauāuru [23] [32] . Prior to entering Parliament, Ngarewa-Packer held a range of roles in the public and…

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01 Positions

• Committee Member — Health

03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:22

Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts

Pariroa Pa Marae (trustee) — Pariroa Pa Marae (Trustee)

Company directorships and controlling interests

Ngāti Ruanui Holdings Corporation Limited – iwi post-governance settlement asset holdings — Ngāti Ruanui Holdings Corporation Limited (Director)

Real property

Kāinga (home) – Ohangai, Hāwera, South Taranaki

Retirement schemes

Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme — Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme

04 Directorships Methodology →

as of 2026-05-29 17:15

• Ngati Ruanui Holdings Corporation Limited

  Director
  active
• Ngati Ruanui Holdings Corporation Limited

  Director
  ended 2026-05-29

06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests

• Pariroa Pa Marae

  Trustee
  active

08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →

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09 Recent Hansard speeches

• Oral Question 3: Prime Minister
  2026-05-26
• Debates — Handling of Documents Under Official Information Act—Prime Minister’s Office
  2026-05-26
• Oral Question 3: Prime Minister
  2026-05-19
• Oral Question 12: Prime Minister
  2026-05-12

12 In the news Methodology →

36 articles

Coverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.

RNZ 15

• Aperahama Edwards to run for Te Pāti Māori in Te Tai Tokerau

  It follows the departure of MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi who split from Te Pāti Māori to set up her own party.
  2026-05-27
• Te pati maori promises reset after rift with toitu te tiriti
  2025-10-05
• Tamaki makaurau by election oriini kaipara extends majority in final count
  2025-09-17
• Whanganui maori ward candidate profiles excluded from voting booklet
  2025-09-13
• Anti racism group weighs in on takuta ferris comments meets with te pati maori
  2025-09-12
• Takuta ferris doubling down on race rhetoric widely condemned
  2025-09-10
• Tamaki makaurau by election low turnout not a surprise says political scientist
  2025-09-08
• New zealand first agm about projecting unity stability common sense
  2025-09-08
• Polls close in tamaki makaurau by election
  2025-09-07
• Former national party mp harete hipango joins new zealand first
  2025-09-07
• Te pati maori co leader says tamaki makaurau voted for unapologetic representation
  2025-09-07
• Tamaki makaurau by election last minute push to get voters to polls
  2025-09-04
• Labour candidate peeni henare stands by gang patch law repeal claim
  2025-08-22
• Green party co leader chloe swarbrick named for refusing to leave parliament
  2025-08-13
• Decoding non answers on palestine
  2025-08-13

The Spinoff 14

• Te Pāti Māori wrestles with a question at the heart of Māori politics

  At a time when many Māori feel particularly aggrieved by the government, parliament and politics more broadly, can Te Pāti Māori find its purpose and recapture its momentum? When the Ngātiwai leader Aperahama Edwards was announced as a Te…
  2026-06-03
• New Zealand will stay nuclear free (mainly because it can’t afford not to)

  Keeping all things nuclear out of New Zealand may or may not make moral sense. But it almost certainly makes economic sense. Chris Penk barely had time to shut his mouth before everyone started yelling at him. The defence minister made an…
  2026-06-03
• Government MPs acquired 25 extra investment properties after passing pro-landlord reforms

  From new rentals to redevelopments, some coalition MPs have been upping their ownership of residential properties. MPs from National, New Zealand First and Act have purchased or built at least 25 new rentals, investment properties or…
  2026-05-26
• All the ways politicians want to mess with your KiwiSaver

  NZ First has announced it wants to sign all citizens up to KiwiSaver at birth, but it’s not the only party with plans. When Labour finance minister Michael Cullen first proposed KiwiSaver, National party leader John Key derided it as a…
  2026-05-20
• Echo Chamber: Haere rā to Crusher, hello to old scandals

  This week in parliament, Judith Collins said goodbye, Shane Jones had a showdown and MPs were reminded they’re all capable of immigration dog whistles. Tuesday began a three-week sitting block, but was also the end of the road for one MP…
  2026-05-15
• Echo chamber translation troubles in te wiki o te reo maori
  2025-09-18
• Takuta ferris row tests labour te pati maori ties
  2025-09-12
• Echo chamber dont worry be happy
  2025-09-11
• Echo chamber gaza blood quantum and housing in epsom
  2025-09-10
• What a landslide victory in tamaki makaurau means for te pati maori and labour
  2025-09-08
• The good bad and aue of the tamaki makaurau byelection debate
  2025-08-27
• High court challenge puts maori health reforms under scrutiny
  2025-08-27
• Echo chamber spineless unacceptable deeply offensive c u next tuesday
  2025-08-14
• Echo chamber the big g word that luxon doesnt want to say about palestine
  2025-08-13

Stuff 3

• Aperahama Edwards to run for Te Pāti Māori in Te Tai Tokerau

  It follows the departure of MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi who split from Te Pāti Māori to set up her own party, named after the electorate.
  2026-05-26
• Watch: Minister booted from Parliament after insulting Te Pāti Māori co-leader

  Jones lobbed three insults at Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.
  2026-05-13
• TPM co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: ‘I could work with Winston and NZ First’

  Debbie Ngarewa-Packer wants to be a minister by the end of the year and thinks she could work beside Labour, the Greens and NZ First in a coalition.
  2026-01-22

NZ Herald 2

• Te pati maori co leader rawiri waititi finally addresses mp takuta ferris race comments
  2025-09-16
• Te pati maori mp mariameno kapa kingi removed as party whip by leadership addresses takuta ferris post
  2025-09-11

1News 2

• Te Pātī Māori confirm candidate for Te Tai Tokerau

  Aperahama Edwards of Ngātiwai will contest the Te Tai Tokerau seat with the incumbent Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Labour's Willow-Jean Prime and the Greens' Hūhana Lyndon.
  2026-05-26
• Māori find value in highly politicised charter schools

  A growing number of Māori-led charter schools are opening within the next 12 months.
  2026-05-26

13 Commentary topics Methodology →

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Mp Property Disclosure

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Mp Spending Accountability

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14 Press topics Methodology →

Topics where major news outlets reported on this MP — preview of the top 2. Each row deep-links to the press lens; compare with commentary to spot convergence vs. divergence.

10 May24 May31 May

Māori Political Representation

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Ngāti Porou Leadership

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