glp_person: Pita Russell Sharples
person_firstname: Pita Russell
person_lastname: Sharples
person_birthplace: Waipawa, North Island
person_occupation_all: Education: school teacher|Education: university professor|Full-time politician (paid by party organisation, parliament, government; think tanks; living of politics)
person_party_aff_longterm_aff: Auckland, North Island
person_office_position_1: Co-Leader, Maori Party
person_office_minposarea_lo_1: Minister for Maori Affairs