Marama Kahu Fox

Ko Marama Kahu Fox tētahi kaitōrangapū i Aotearoa, e kōwhiritia ana ki te Pāremata Aotearoa i te Kōwhiringa Pāremata 2014 mō Te Pāti Māori. I muri i tōna kōwhiringa tuatahi ki te Pāremata, i whakaritehia ia ki te mahi mangai o te Pāti Māori, ki te taha o Te Ururoa Flavell. I te wā o tā Fox whakaritetanga ki te mahi mangai, i whakakapi ia i tētahi tangata whakapū o te Pāti Māori, ko Tariana Turia.

Whakaahua o Marama Fox

I a Fox e whānau mai ana, e noho ana tōna whānau ki Cannons Creek i Porirua; ko ia te mātāmuri o tōna whānau. Ko Ernest Richard "Ernie" Smith tōna matua; he tangata Pākehā ia; i te wā o mua, he pouako ia. Kua whakatūhia tētahi kōhanga e tō Fox whaea, ko Frances Smith. I te tīmatanga o te tekau tau 1970, e noho ana tō Fox whānau ki Ōtautahi; i reira, e ako ana a Fox ki Te Kura Tuatahi o Elmwood (te reo Pākehā: Elmwood Primary School) ki Merviale. Kātahi, e ako ana ia ki Heaton Normal Intermediate. E ako hoki ana ia ki Te Haikura Wāhine o Ōtautahi (te reo Pākehā: Christchurch Girls' High School).

Inaianei, e noho ana a Fox ki Whakaoriori (te reo Pākehā: Masterton); e iwa āna tamariki.

I mua i a ia e kōwhiritia ana ki te Pāremata Aotearoa, e mahingia ana te mahi whakaako e ia; 26 ngā tau te roanga o tāna mahi whakaako. He tangata Moromona ia.

I te Kōwhiringa Pāremata 2014, e tū ana a Fox ki te pōtitanga, ko Ikaroa-Rāwhiti. Engari, nā te Raupapa Pāti e kōwhiritia ana ia. Ko ia te Mema Pāremata tuatahi e kōwhiritia ana nā te Raupapa Pāti mō Te Pāti Māori.

Whārangi ipurangi ki waho

• Tā Marama Fox whārangi ipurangi ki tā Pāti Māori wāhi ipurangi