Complex sentence: Rata was a Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from a to 1980, and was the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975.
Split into simpler sentences: Rata was a Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from a to 1980. He was the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975.