   tukoroirangi "tuku" morgan (born 1958) is a new zealand mÄori politician. he was chair of te arataura, the waikato-tainui executive board, from 2006 until 2012, except for a period in 2004 when he was removed from office because of a criminal conviction for obstructing police during a protest march in the 1980s. he is a director of auckland council property, a council-controlled organisation of the auckland council. morgan was a member of parliament from 1996 to 1999, first with the new zealand first party, then as an independent, and finally as a member of mauri pacific. during his term in parliament he was involved in a number of controversies. one scandal in 1997 revolved around his spending nz$4000 of aotearoa television funds on clothes including a pair of $89 underpants. prior to entering parliament, he was a television broadcaster. his brother-in-law tau henare is also a politician, and was a member of new zealand first and mauri pacific with morgan. ==member of parliament==  {{nz parlbox|term=45th|start=1996|end=98|party=new zealand 
1958_births Independent_MPs_of_New_Zealand Living_people Mauri_Pacific_MPs Members_of_the_New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives MAori_MPs MAori_politicians New_Zealand_First_MPs New_Zealand_MPs_for_MAori_electorates New_Zealand_television_producers Unsuccessful_candidates_in_the_New_Zealand_general_election,_1999 Waikato_(iwi)