Hapu Party

Hapu Party

The Hapu Party is a Māori political party in New Zealand. The party's leader is Northland iwi leader David Rankin.cite web |title=New Maori Party to be launched |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00174.htm |date=2008-08-14 |accessdate=2008-08-16]

The party promotes a flat tax rate, a reduced pension age for Māori to balance shorter life expectancy, the devolution of Treaty of Waitangi settlements to hapu and marae, and allowing Treaty claims to be made over private land. [cite web |title=Hapu Party issues shock Treaty policy |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0809/S00435.htm |publisher=Scoop Media |date=2008-09-30 |accessdate=2008-10-08] It plans to stand candidates in all seven Maori seats for the 2008 election.

The party was launched on 14 August 2008.

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