Green Party MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere lent support to the campaign, leading to a petition which gained more than 3700 signatures. Kerekere (Whānau a Kai, Ngāti Oneone, Te Aitanga ā Mahaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri) said restoring the river’s name would signal to others that its whakapapa mattered. “If you restore the name, you restore everything…
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The second Counting Ourselves survey is underway. It will be launched at Parliament today by Green Party Rainbow spokesperson Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, who is also an Associate Investigator for the study and co-chair of the cross-party Parliamentary Rainbow Network. Read blog by Jack Byrne, University of Waikato
The Green Party is backing an effort by the hapū of Kohupātiki Marae near Heretaunga to put the Clive River back under its original name, Ngaruroro. MP Elizabeth Kerekere says that comes from Ngaruroro Moko-tū-ā-raro-ki-Rangatira, the name given by Ruawharo, a tohunga on the waka Tākitimu, who was describing the ngaru or ripples (ngaru) created…
In their speeches, MPs Grant Robertson and Dr Elizabeth Kerekere acknowledged that for some, the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect vulnerable rainbow people from conversion practice. Kerekere said the bill is not “the be all and end all.” It may be amended in future, and the whakapapa of the bill found in select…
Parliament has unanimously passed a sex self-identification law which will make it easier to amend a person’s sex on their birth certificates. Green MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, who is herself takatāpui (a Māori member of the LGBTQI+ community), held back tears as she spoke on the bill… “This bill signals the continuing shift in New…
Green MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, an LGBTQI+ advocate, said Speak Up For Women wouldn’t face accusations of being anti-trans if they respected the wishes of transgender people not to be referred to by the sex they were assigned at birth. “Reading your materials is always interesting because I would say as a general rule if…
An LGBTQ+ and rainbow flag was raised at the Gisborne District Council headquarters for the first time, kicking off a month of Pride celebrations around the country. Green Party MP and local resident Dr Elizabeth Kerekere was proud to be at the event: “As we are the first city to see the sun, as is it…
It’s clear people want gay conversion “therapy” banned now, the Green Party says, after members handed over a petition with over 150,000 signatures to parliament today. Banning the practice was part of the Government’s 2020 Manifesto, but Green Party spokersperson for Rainbow Communities, Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, said it wasn’t happening soon enough, and started the…
The Greens say their petition to ban conversion therapy has forced the Government into action, and they’re promising to strongly reject any religious exemptions.Green MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere launched a petition at Auckland’s Big Gay Out a week ago to ban conversion therapy – gaining 158,300 signatures – and it was tabled at Parliament on…
Elizabeth Kerekere is one of New Zealand’s newest MPs — but she’s also one of the country’s most diverse. She is of Māori descent and is also a takatāpui, a Māori term for those who identify with diverse sexes, genders and sexualities. Dr Kerekere said it was vital that “people have the opportunity to take part in…