Whetumarama Wereta

[4] Wereta has served as the Mäori representative on several government commissions or committees on the electoral system, education and justice.[8] She has also worked as a policy researcher and/or a manager in the Ministry of Maori Development and its predecessors, and in the Department of Internal Affairs.[14] The Picot Task Force caused fundamental changes in the New Zealand educational system towards greater school autonomy and separation of regulatory responsibilities into different agencies.[16] She was a member of that committee when, on 15 September 1995, it submitted a report that rejected in the strongest terms the government proposal to abolish the right of appeal to the Privy Council.[22] At a March 2006 meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada of the UN Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples she presented a paper on Towards a Maori Statistics Framework.
MāoriLower HuttNgāi Te RangiNgāti RanginuiMinistry of Maori DevelopmentDepartment of Internal AffairsDepartment of Maori AffairsWellingtonUNESCOLocal Government CommissionBrian ElwoodStatistics New ZealandRoyal Commission on the Electoral Systemmixed member proportional representationfirst-past-the-postLabour PartyPicot task forceDepartment of EducationNew Zealand Law CommissionPrivy CouncilPita SharplesMāori PartyMontreal, QuebecCanadaOttawa, Ontario