Category:Pita Sharples
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Pita Russell Sharples (born Peter Russell Sharples, 20 July 1941) is a Māori academic and politician, who was a co-leader of the Māori Party from 2004 to 2013, and a minister outside Cabinet in the National Party-led government from 2008.
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- Sharples (surname)
- Pita (given name)
- 1941 births
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Academics from New Zealand
- Activists from New Zealand
- Te Pāti Māori Members of Parliament
- People of the Hawke's Bay Region
- Politicians of Maori descent
- Alumni of the University of Auckland
- Faculty of the University of Auckland
- Male politicians of New Zealand
- Co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori
- Ngāti Kahungunu
- Members of the 50th Parliament of New Zealand
- Members of the 49th Parliament of New Zealand
- Members of the 48th Parliament of New Zealand