Jo Hayes
Jo Hayes | |
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![]() Hayes in 2018 | |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party List | |
In office 22 January 2014 – 17 October 2020 | |
Preceded by | Katrina Shanks[n 1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Political party | National Party |
Children | 2 |
Profession | Member of Parliament |
Website | www |
Joanne Kowhai Hayes (born 1959)[1] is a former New Zealand politician who served as a New Zealand National Party List MP in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020.
Early life and career
Hayes' whakapapa is to the Whanganui-Rangitikei area.[2] She was raised in the farming sector.[3] Before being elected to Parliament, she worked in the health industry, as well as at Māori development organisation Ngā Tai O te Awa.[4]
Political career
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 50th | List | 64 | National | |
2014–2017 | 51st | List | 47 | National | |
2017–2020 | 52nd | List | 36 | National |
During the 2011 general election, Hayes ran for National in Dunedin South,[5] and was ranked 64th place on the party list.[6] Hayes was defeated by Labour incumbent Clare Curran by a margin of 4,175 votes.[7]
In Government, 2014–2017
In December 2013, National Party President Peter Goodfellow announced that Hayes would enter Parliament on the party list following the resignation of National MP Katrina Shanks,[8] which took place on 22 January 2014.[9] She was sworn in as a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives on 28 January 2014.[10]
During the 2014 general election, Hayes sought to be National's Wairarapa candidate but lost to Alastair Scott.[11] Instead she was selected to contest Christchurch East against Labour's Poto Williams. Hayes lost to Williams by a margin of 4,073 votes but was re-elected as a list MP.[12]
During the 51st New Zealand Parliament, under the Fifth National Government, Hayes served as the National Party's Third Whip, as a member of the Māori Affairs and Local Government and Environment Committees, and as the Chair of the Social Services Committee.[13]
In April 2017, a private members' bill in Hayes' name was introduced into Parliament.[14] The Minors (Court Consent to Relationships) Legislation Bill sought to prevent 16- and 17-year-olds from being pressured or coerced into legal and cultural marriages by amending the Marriage Act 1955 to require the marriage be approved by a Family Court judge.[15] The Bill was supported by all parties represented in Parliament and completed its final reading in August 2018.[15]
During the 2017 general election, Hayes contested Christchurch East against incumbent Poto Williams and was defeated by a margin of 7,480 votes.[16] However, she was re-elected on the National Party list.[17]
In Opposition, 2017–2020
In the 52nd New Zealand Parliament, National was in Opposition and Hayes served as her party's spokesperson for Māori development and Whānau Ora.[13] During her second term in Parliament, Hayes also voted against the Abortion Legislation Act 2020[18] and the End of Life Choice Act 2019.[19]
During the lead up to the 2020 general election, Hayes unsuccessfully sought to stand as National's candidate in both Palmerston North (which she lost to 17-year-old William Wood)[20] and in Te Tai Hauāuru (the party did not stand candidates in Māori electorates).[21] Ultimately, Hayes was selected as National's candidate for Mana.[22]
During the 2020 election, she lost to Labour's candidate Barbara Edmonds by a margin of 16,224 votes.[23] She also failed to get in on the party list due to National's landslide defeat.[3][24]
Post-parliamentary career
Three days after the 2020 election, Hayes was announced as the general manager of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust, a post-settlement governance entity for the Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua iwi.[25][26]
Hayes was a unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 Masterton mayoral election.[27]
Personal life
Hayes is of Ngāti Porou, Ati Haunui A Paparangi, and Rangitane ki Wairarapa descent. She is married, and has two sons and three grandchildren.[22]
Notes
- ^ Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Shanks resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Hayes.
References
- ^ "Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Hayes walks away after electorate snub". Waatea News. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Labour's red tide sees its parliamentary diversity increase". Radio New Zealand. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Grocott, Mathew (11 December 2013). "Hayes to enter Parliament". Manawatu Standard. Stuff. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Joanna Hayes". vote.co.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "National Party Releases 2011 Party List". Scoop News. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Dunedin South". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Joanne Hayes to enter Parliament on National List". New Zealand National Party. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Declaration by Electoral Commission That Joanne Kowhai Hayes is Elected a Member of Parliament". gazette.govt.nz. New Zealand Gazette Office. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Members Sworn". New Zealand Parliament. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Labour candidate facing 'outright' racism while campaigning". Star News Canterbury. Otago Daily Times. 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Christchurch East". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Joanne Hayes". New Zealand Parliament. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Minors (Court Consent to Relationships) Legislation Bill – New Zealand Parliament". New Zealand Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ a b Flahile, Brad; Walters, Laura (8 August 2018). "Courts to get the final say over whether young teenagers can marry". Stuff. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Christchurch East – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "2017 General Election – Official Result Successful Candidates". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "How Members of Parliament voted in the first reading of the Abortion Legislation Bill". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "End of Life Choice Bill — Third Reading". New Zealand Parliament. 13 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "National Party selects 17-year-old William Wood as Palmerston North candidate for 2020 election". Stuff. 24 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "National's Jo Hayes: Time for a 'voice' in Māori seats". Radio New Zealand. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b New Zealand National Party (6 March 2020). "Jo Hayes National's Candidate In Mana". Scoop. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Mana – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Whyte, Anna (18 October 2020). "Analysis: The winners, losers, new faces and goodbyes of election 2020". 1 News. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust Board (19 October 2020). "Press Release – New GM announced to strengthen momentum at Rangitāne". Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Ousted National MP Jo Hayes takes on role with Wairarapa iwi". Radio New Zealand. 20 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Wellington.Scoop » Former MP wants to reinvigorate Masterton as its new mayor". Retrieved 2 August 2022.
External links
- www.johayes.co.nz
- Profile on the New Zealand Parliament website
- Profile on the National Party website
- Living people
- New Zealand National Party MPs
- Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand list MPs
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 2011 New Zealand general election
- 21st-century New Zealand politicians
- 21st-century New Zealand women politicians
- Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election
- Māori politicians
- 1959 births
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election