Annette Sykes, Waiariki
- Internet MANA list position: (3)
Born and raised at Lake Rotoiti and educated in Kawerau, Annette is deeply rooted in these two communities and raised by her grandmother who shaped much of her thinking around social justice.
Annette graduated from Auckland School of Law in 1984 and has been practising law since then. She is a senior partner in her highly successful law firm Aurere Law.
Annette is a criminal and human rights lawyer specialising in the rights of indigenous peoples to promote their own systems of law and has a strong focus in her career on all aspects of law especially constitutional change.
Social justice and protest has been an active part of her career and community activities for over 35 years. Annette is standing this election year in the Waiariki electorate as the MANA Movement candidate and aims to become the first Te Arawa women to ever win the Waiariki maori electorate seat.