Both Maipi-Clarke and her father were under consideration by Te Pāti Māori as candidates for the Hauraki-Waikato electorate. In the end, the party wanted a “youthful perspective”[14] and she was selected to contest the electorate at the 2023 election.
22 year old in the legislator? I know New Zeeland has a lot of problems, but at least representation of anyone under the age of 60 isn’t one of them.
As much as I support younger people in power… How dpea a recent college grad pull this off?
Convincing people to vote for them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana-Rawhiti_Maipi-Clarke