Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan

**Tini** " **Whetu** " **Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan** ONZ (9 Janairun shekarar 1932 - 20 Yuli 2011) ɗan siyasan New Zealand ne. Ta kasance 'yar majalisa daga 1967 zuwa 1996, mai wakiltar Jam'iyyar Labour kuma ita ce mace ta farko Maori a majalisar ministocin New Zealand. A lokacin da ta yi ritaya, ita ce ta biyu da ta fi daɗewa a Majalisar, inda ta kasance a wa’adin mulkinta na goma. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin ashirin masu riƙe da Order of New Zealand, mafi girma girma na ƙasar.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Whetu Marama Tirikatene a ranar 9 ga Janairun shekarar 1932, 'yar Eruera Tirikatene da Ruti Tirikatene ( née . Sulaiman ). Her iwi are Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu .  Ta girma a Rātana Pā ta kakarta, mai tsara sutura da tela Amiria Henrici Solomon.  Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Rangiora  da Kwalejin ’Yan mata ta Gabas ta Wellington, ta yi fice a raye-raye, inda ta lashe gasar wasan raye-rayen mai son Latin Amurka tare da abokin aikinta na Ostiraliya Kevin Mansfield, kuma ta yi fice a wasan wasan zorro, ta zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane huɗu. mata masu katanga a ƙasar.   Ta yi karatun digiri na uku a fannin kimiyyar siyasa a Jami'ar Ƙasa ta Ostiraliya, tare da taken "Shigar da Siyasar Maori na Zamani".  Yayin da take can, ta sadu da Denis Sullivan, dalibin digiri na kimiyyar lissafi wanda daga baya ya zama mataimakin farfesa a fannin kimiyyar lissafi da ilmin taurari a Jami'ar Victoria ta Wellington, kuma sun yi aure a Canberra a ranar 18 ga Maris 1967.   

## Dan majalisa

Dan uwanta Te Rino Tirikatene ya tsaya takarar jam'iyyar Labour a shekarar 1963 election da 1966 election na Rangiora . Lokacin da mahaifinsu Sir Eruera Tirikatene ya rasu a shekara ta 1967 mutane da yawa sun yi tsammanin Te Rino zai gaje shi a matsayin ɗan majalisar dokokin Maori ta Kudu . Kamar yadda Te Rino ya kasance dan Maori kuma yana da damar zaɓar tsakanin kasancewa a cikin jerin sunayen Maori da na Turai, a lokacin zaɓen fidda gwani ya yi rajista a cikin kundin Turai a Rangiora inda ya ci gaba da kasancewa a karkashin dokar zabe har zuwa gaba na gaba. babban zaɓen ƙasar, wanda ya sanya da wuya ya iya zama dan takara a Kudancin Maori. Tare da ɗan'uwanta da aka yi watsi da shi yadda ya kamata, hankali ya koma Tirikatene (yana karatu a Ostiraliya a lokacin) a matsayin ɗan takarar Labour na kujerar.   Daga ƙarshe an zaɓe ta a matsayin ‘yar takarar Labour. 

An zaɓe ta ta gaji mahaifinta a majalisar dokoki a zaɓen fidda gwani na Kudancin Maori na 1967 .   Tsakanin shekarata 1972 zuwa 1975, ta kasance ministar yawon shakatawa .  Bugu da ƙari, ta kasance mataimakiyar ministar jin daɗin jama'a daga shekarar 1972 zuwa 1974.  Ta kasance ministar muhalli daga 1974 zuwa 1975.  Yawancin masu rinjaye ne suka sake zaɓe ta har zuwa zaɓen 1996, lokacin da aka soke zaɓen Maori ta Kudu a rikiɗe zuwa MMP . Daga nan Tirikatene-Sullivan ta tsaya takara a sabuwar zaɓe ta Te Tai Tonga, wadda ta mamaye yanki ɗaya da tsohuwar zaɓe ta Maori ta Kudu, amma Tu Wyllie ta New Zealand First ta doke ta da kyar. Daga baya ta yi ritaya daga siyasa.

A cikin shekarar 1970, Tirikatene-Sullivan ta zama mace ta biyu da ta haihu yayin da take 'yar majalisa. Daga baya ta zama minista ta farko (a New Zealand da Commonwealth) ministar da ta haifi ɗa.

A ranar 6 ga Fabrairun shekarar 1993, Tirikatene-Sullivan an nada shi Memba na Order of New Zealand, mafi girman lambar yabo ta farar hula da gwamnatin New Zealand ta bayar. A wannan shekarar, an ba ta lambar yabo ta New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal . [1] Ta mutu a Wellington a ranar 20 ga Yuli 2011..

## Gado
Tirikatene-Sullivan ita ce macen Māori mafi ƙanƙanta da aka zaɓa a lokacin, kuma ita ce macen Māori ta farko da ta zama ministar ministoci, kuma 'yar majalisa ta farko da ta haihu a New Zealand.  A cikin shekarar 2016, an ɗaga hotonta tare da Iriaka Ratana a Gine-ginen Majalisar New Zealand a *Mātangireia* . An rataye Hotunan tare da gudanar da wani biki na musamman domin tunawa da su, tare da halartar manyan ’yan uwa.   Shekaru 29 da Tirikatene-Sullivan ta yi tana wakiltar Kudancin Maori ita ce mafi dadewa a lokacin, kuma shekaru 30 kawai Annette King ta zarce a matsayin mata mafi dadewa a Majalisar New Zealand. 

Tirikatene-Sullivan an san ta musamman da salonta, sau da yawa sanye da kayan sawa na zamani maimakon kwat da wando da yawancin mata masu sana'a ke sanyawa a lokacin. Ta kasance majibincin zane-zane, kuma ta ba da umarni riguna daga mawakan Māori na zamani. Waɗannan sun haɗa da masu fasaha kamar Sandy Adsett, Para Matchitt, Cliff Whiting, da Frank Davis . Motif ɗin Māori waɗanda aka haɗa cikin kayanta sun kasance na musamman na lokacin, kuma sun fallasa 'yan New Zealand ga sabon salon fasahar Māori. Tirikatene-Sullivan ta san sarai cewa salon suturarta da zaɓin ƙirarta sun kasance bayanin siyasa, kuma tana sane da ikon canza salonta.    A matsayinta na ministar yawon bude ido, ta dauki salonta na musamman zuwa wurare irin su Sydney Opera House na Australia, inda ta baje kolin rigarta maraice *na Tania* da ke nuna *kowhaiwhai* motif a fagen duniya.  An nuna tarin kayanta a MTG Hawke's Bay a wani nuni mai taken *Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan: Tafiya a Salon* .  

## Bayanan kula

## Manazarta

* *Mata a Rayuwar Majalisa 1970–1990: Hocken Lecture 1993* na Marilyn Waring, shafi na 36-37 (Hocken Library, University of Otago, 1994) 
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