Jo Hayes
{{Short description|New Zealand politician}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}}
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| constituency_MP = National Party List
| parliament = New Zealand
| term_start = 22 January 2014
| term_end = 17 October 2020
| predecessor = Katrina Shanks{{refn|group=n|Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Shanks resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Hayes.}}
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}}
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| nationality = New Zealand
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| party = National Party
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| children = 2
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| profession = Member of Parliament
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| website = {{URL|http://www.johayes.co.nz/}}
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Joanne Kowhai Hayes (born 1959){{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.nz/media/6305/roll-of-members-of-the-new-zealand-house-of-representatives-1854-onwards.pdf |title=Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards |date=24 May 2019 |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |accessdate=3 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903095934/https://www.parliament.nz/media/6305/roll-of-members-of-the-new-zealand-house-of-representatives-1854-onwards.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2020|url-status=live}} is a former New Zealand politician who served as a New Zealand National Party List MP in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020.
Early life and career
Hayes' whakapapa is to the Whanganui-Rangitikei area.{{Cite web|title=Hayes walks away after electorate snub|url=https://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMyNTI/Paakiwaha/Hayes-walks-away-after-electorate-snub|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Waatea News|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021231814/https://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMyNTI/Paakiwaha/Hayes-walks-away-after-electorate-snub|archive-date=21 October 2020}} She was raised in the farming sector.{{Cite news|date=19 October 2020|title=Labour's red tide sees its parliamentary diversity increase|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/428690/labour-s-red-tide-sees-its-parliamentary-diversity-increase|access-date=20 October 2020|work=Radio New Zealand|language=en-nz}} Before being elected to Parliament, she worked in the health industry, as well as at Māori development organisation Ngā Tai O te Awa.{{cite web | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/9502835/Hayes-to-enter-Parliament | title=Hayes to enter Parliament | work=Manawatu Standard |publisher=Stuff | date=11 December 2013 | accessdate=22 May 2014 | author=Grocott, Mathew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204190934/http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/9502835/Hayes-to-enter-Parliament|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=live}}
Political career
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During the 2011 general election, Hayes ran for National in Dunedin South,{{cite web | url=http://elections2014.co.nz/2011/candidates/profile/joanne-hayes | title=Joanna Hayes | work=vote.co.nz | year=2011 | accessdate=18 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105628/http://elections2014.co.nz/2011/candidates/profile/joanne-hayes | archive-date=2 February 2014 | url-status=dead }} and was ranked 64th place on the party list.{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|first4=|date=|title=National Party Releases 2011 Party List|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1109/S00062/national-party-releases-2011-party-list.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=21 January 2021|website=Scoop News}} Hayes was defeated by Labour incumbent Clare Curran by a margin of 4,175 votes.{{cite web |title=Official Count Results – Dunedin South |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-9.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=26 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122162702/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-9.html |archivedate=22 January 2020 |date=10 December 2011 |url-status=live}}
=In Government, 2014–2017=
In December 2013, National Party President Peter Goodfellow announced that Hayes would enter Parliament on the party list following the resignation of National MP Katrina Shanks,{{cite web|date=10 December 2013|title=Joanne Hayes to enter Parliament on National List|url=http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=42772|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202104856/http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=42772|archivedate=2 February 2014|accessdate=23 January 2014|publisher=New Zealand National Party}} which took place on 22 January 2014.{{cite web |title=Declaration by Electoral Commission That Joanne Kowhai Hayes is Elected a Member of Parliament |url=https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-au401 |website=gazette.govt.nz |publisher=New Zealand Gazette Office |accessdate=26 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201232519/https://www.gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-au401 |archivedate=1 February 2019 |date=22 January 2014 |url-status=live}} She was sworn in as a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives on 28 January 2014.{{cite web |title=Members Sworn |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/50HansD_20140128_00000016/members-sworn |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |accessdate=26 October 2020 |date=28 January 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026022438/https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/50HansD_20140128_00000016/members-sworn|archive-date=26 October 2020}}
During the 2014 general election, Hayes sought to be National's Wairarapa candidate but lost to Alastair Scott.{{Cite news|date=30 September 2020|title=Labour candidate facing 'outright' racism while campaigning|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/labour-candidate-facing-outright-racism-while-campaigning|access-date=20 October 2020|work=Star News Canterbury|publisher=Otago Daily Times|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023144453/https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/labour-candidate-facing-outright-racism-while-campaigning|archive-date=23 October 2020|url-status=live}} Instead she was selected to contest Christchurch East against Labour's Poto Williams. Hayes lost to Williams by a margin of 4,073 votes but was re-elected as a list MP.{{cite web |title=Official Count Results – Christchurch East |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-5.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=26 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117213722/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-5.html |archivedate=17 January 2020 |url-status=live}}
During the 51st New Zealand Parliament, under the Fifth National Government, Hayes served as the National Party's Third Whip, as a member of the Māori Affairs and Local Government and Environment Committees, and as the Chair of the Social Services Committee.{{cite web |title=Joanne Hayes |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/former-members-of-parliament/hayes-joanne/ |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |accessdate=26 October 2020 |date=20 October 2020 }}
In April 2017, a private members' bill in Hayes' name was introduced into Parliament.{{Cite web|title=Minors (Court Consent to Relationships) Legislation Bill – New Zealand Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_73911/tab/hansard|access-date=23 October 2020|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026031753/https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_73911/tab/hansard|archive-date=26 October 2020|url-status=live}} The Minors (Court Consent to Relationships) Legislation Bill sought to prevent 16- and 17-year-olds from being pressured or coerced into legal and cultural marriages by amending the Marriage Act 1955 to require the marriage be approved by a Family Court judge.{{Cite news|date=8 August 2018|last1=Flahile|first1=Brad|last2=Walters|first2=Laura|title=Courts to get the final say over whether young teenagers can marry|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/106107404/courts-to-get-the-final-say-over-whether-young-teenagers-can-marry|access-date=23 October 2020|work=Stuff|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125083843/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/106107404/Courts-to-get-the-final-say-over-whether-young-teenagers-can-marry|archive-date=25 November 2018|url-status=live}} The Bill was supported by all parties represented in Parliament and completed its final reading in August 2018.
During the 2017 general election, Hayes contested Christchurch East against incumbent Poto Williams and was defeated by a margin of 7,480 votes.{{cite web |title=Christchurch East – Official Result |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/electorate-details-05.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=26 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117212521/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/electorate-details-05.html |archivedate=17 January 2020 |url-status=live}} However, she was re-elected on the National Party list.{{cite web |title=2017 General Election – Official Result Successful Candidates |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/successful-candidates.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=26 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117212450/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/successful-candidates.html |archivedate=17 January 2020 |url-status=live}}
=In Opposition, 2017–2020=
In the 52nd New Zealand Parliament, National was in Opposition and Hayes served as her party's spokesperson for Māori development and Whānau Ora. During her second term in Parliament, Hayes also voted against the Abortion Legislation Act 2020{{Cite news|title=How Members of Parliament voted in the first reading of the Abortion Legislation Bill|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-members-of-parliament-voted-in-the-first-reading-of-the-abortion-legislation-bill/Y37R2I52TJQ5NM2LX2T6VV4VPY/|access-date=20 October 2020|work=The New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022101213/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-members-of-parliament-voted-in-the-first-reading-of-the-abortion-legislation-bill/Y37R2I52TJQ5NM2LX2T6VV4VPY/|archive-date=22 October 2020}} and the End of Life Choice Act 2019.{{cite web|date=13 November 2019|title=End of Life Choice Bill — Third Reading|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20191113_20191113_16|accessdate=15 November 2019|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021072045/https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20191113_20191113_16|archive-date=21 October 2020|url-status=live}}
During the lead up to the 2020 general election, Hayes unsuccessfully sought to stand as National's candidate in both Palmerston North (which she lost to 17-year-old William Wood){{Cite news|date=24 November 2019|title=National Party selects 17-year-old William Wood as Palmerston North candidate for 2020 election|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117668485/national-selects-17yearold-william-wood-as-palmerston-north-candidate-for-2020-election|access-date=20 October 2020|work=Stuff|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021041826/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117668485/national-selects-17yearold-william-wood-as-palmerston-north-candidate-for-2020-election|archive-date=21 October 2020}} and in Te Tai Hauāuru (the party did not stand candidates in Māori electorates).{{Cite news|date=17 July 2020|title=National's Jo Hayes: Time for a 'voice' in Māori seats|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/421444/national-s-jo-hayes-time-for-a-voice-in-maori-seats|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Radio New Zealand|language=en-nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020204629/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/421444/national-s-jo-hayes-time-for-a-voice-in-maori-seats|archive-date=20 October 2020|url-status=live}} Ultimately, Hayes was selected as National's candidate for Mana.
During the 2020 election, she lost to Labour's candidate Barbara Edmonds by a margin of 16,224 votes.{{cite web |title=Mana – Official Result |url=https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/electorate-details-20.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=11 November 2020 }} She also failed to get in on the party list due to National's landslide defeat.{{cite news|last1=Whyte|first1=Anna|date=18 October 2020|title=Analysis: The winners, losers, new faces and goodbyes of election 2020|work=1News|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/analysis-winners-losers-new-faces-and-goodbyes-election-2020|url-status=live|accessdate=22 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022090204/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/analysis-winners-losers-new-faces-and-goodbyes-election-2020|archivedate=22 October 2020}}
Post-parliamentary career
Three days after the 2020 election, Hayes was announced as the general manager of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust, a post-settlement governance entity for the Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua iwi.{{Cite web|last=Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust Board|date=19 October 2020|title=Press Release – New GM announced to strengthen momentum at Rangitāne|url=https://tumaira.iwi.nz/new-gm-announced-to-strengthen-momentum-at-rangitane/|url-status=live|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021041828/https://tumaira.iwi.nz/new-gm-announced-to-strengthen-momentum-at-rangitane/|archive-date=21 October 2020}}{{cite news |title=Ousted National MP Jo Hayes takes on role with Wairarapa iwi |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/428773/ousted-national-mp-jo-hayes-takes-on-role-with-wairarapa-iwi |accessdate=26 October 2020 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=20 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022213931/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/428773/ousted-national-mp-jo-hayes-takes-on-role-with-wairarapa-iwi |archivedate=22 October 2020|url-status=live}}
Hayes was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 Masterton mayoral election.{{Cite web |title=Wellington.Scoop » Former MP wants to reinvigorate Masterton as its new mayor |url=https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=146434 |access-date=2 August 2022 |language=en}}
Personal life
Hayes is of Ngāti Porou, Ati Haunui A Paparangi, and Rangitane ki Wairarapa descent. She is married, and has two sons and three grandchildren.{{Cite web |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2003/S00058/jo-hayes-nationals-candidate-in-mana.htm |title=Jo Hayes National's Candidate In Mana |date=6 March 2020|author=New Zealand National Party|author-link=New Zealand National Party|publisher=Scoop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006033500/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2003/S00058/jo-hayes-nationals-candidate-in-mana.htm|archive-date=6 October 2020|url-status=live}}
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External links
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- [http://www.johayes.co.nz/ www.johayes.co.nz]
- [http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/mpp/mps/current/51MP3411/hayes-joanne Profile] on the New Zealand Parliament website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015190800/https://www.national.org.nz/team/mps/detail/joanne.hayes Profile] on the National Party website
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