Tangi Tipene, List Only

Tangi Tipene, List Only

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Tangi grew up as Sharon Stevens, legacy of racist teachers who could not pronounce her name but reclaimed her birth name as a mark of respect for her parents.

In her term as President of ASTE Union she worked toward the amalgamation of the Polytechnic and

University Unions, now known as TEU. She sees her mokopuna as the most important in her life and has encouraged her two sons to be confident Maori leaders and good fathers.

Tangi loves singing, laughing and crazy hairstyles and old Dracula movies. One of her concerns is the high rate of suicides, and has hosted several workshops for youth in the past year. During the 2011 elections Tangi stood in the Bay of Plenty electorate for the MANA Movement.

She wants to remind all women to VOTE as a reminder that women had to fight for the right to vote, not unlike Maori.