Harete Hipango

Harete Hipango
Harete Hipango; MP
	Hipango in 2019
Member of the New Zealand Parliament; for Whanganui
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 September 2017
Preceded by	Chester Borrows
Personal details
Political party	National

Harete Makere Hipango[1] is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.

Personal life

Prior to entering parliament, Hipango was a lawyer for more than 25 years and was a member of the Whanganui District Health Board.[2]

Political career

Member of parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
2017–present	52nd	Whanganui	62	National

Hipango was selected by the New Zealand National Party to contest Whanganui at the 2017 general election. She was selected over former Wanganui Chronicle general manager Andy Jarden, Whanganui dentist and district councillor Hadleigh Reid and South Taranaki farmer Warwick Fleming. It was the first time the party had chosen a Māori woman to contest a seat it held.[3]

In July 2020, Hipango received considerable media attention when she said that the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was being morally inconsistent by voting to decriminalise abortion and for speaking out on child mortality rates.[4][5] Hipango also stated that the Abortion Legislation Act 2020 allowed full-term abortions, which was criticised by many as being factually incorrect, as under the legislation two health practitioners must sign off any abortion after 20-weeks.[6]

References

"Daily progress for Tuesday, 7 November 2017". New Zealand Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
"National selects Harete Hipango as candidate for Whanganui". Stuff.
"Harete Hipango is National Party's Whanganui candidate". New Zealand Herald. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
Feek, Amelia Wade and Belinda (28 July 2020). "PM's abortion stance 'rank' - National MPs viral post, views differ with Collins". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
"National MPs' full term abortion claims 'silly' - Andrew Little". RNZ. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
"Jacinda Ardern asks for 'views based on fact' after National MP Harete Hipango accuses her of backing full-term abortions". Newshub. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Chester Borrows	Member of Parliament for Whanganui 2017–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Daily progress for Tuesday, 7 November 2017". New Zealand Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

[2] "National selects Harete Hipango as candidate for Whanganui". Stuff.

[3] "Harete Hipango is National Party's Whanganui candidate". New Zealand Herald. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[4] Feek, Amelia Wade and Belinda (28 July 2020). "PM's abortion stance 'rank' - National MPs viral post, views differ with Collins". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[5] "National MPs' full term abortion claims 'silly' - Andrew Little". RNZ. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[6] "Jacinda Ardern asks for 'views based on fact' after National MP Harete Hipango accuses her of backing full-term abortions". Newshub. Retrieved 31 July 2020.