Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan

Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan

Tini „Whetu“ Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan, Order of New Zealand (* 9. Januar 1932; † 20. Juli 2011 in Wellington[1]) war eine neuseeländische Politikerin.[2]

Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan war von 1967 bis 1996 für insgesamt zehn Amtszeiten Mitglied des neuseeländischen Repräsentantenhauses. Zum Zeitpunkt ihres Ausscheidens aus dem Parlament war sie die Abgeordnete mit der zweitlängsten Amtsdauer.

Sie ist eine von 20 Trägern des Order of New Zealand, dem höchsten Orden Neuseelands.

Literatur

  • Marilyn Waring: Women in Parliamentary Life 1970–1990: Hocken Lecture 1993. Hocken Library, University of Otago, 1994, ISBN 0-902041-61-4, S. 36–37

Einzelnachweise

  1. NZ's longest-serving female MP passes away. Abgerufen am 22. Juli 2011 (englisch).
  2. New Member of Parliament for Southern Maori. Abgerufen am 22. Juli 2011 (englisch).

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