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New Zealand politician

Patricia Hekia Parata (born 1 November 1958) is a former New Zealand public servant, diplomat, and politician.

After a career as a senior public servant, Parata was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, representing the National Party, from 2008 until 2017.

She served as the Minister of Education in the Fifth National Government.

Early life, family and education

Born and raised in Ruatoria, Parata shares Scottish, Irish, English, Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Porou ancestry. She was one of ten children to her mother, Hīria Te Kiekie Reedy of Ngāti Porou.

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Her maternal grandfather was Arnold Reedy.^[1] Her father, Ron Parata, was of Ngāi Tahu descent and was raised in Puketeraki, near Dunedin. He served in the Māori Battalion and was a teacher and then principal at Ngata Memorial College in Ruatoria. Tame Parata, a Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1911, was Hekia Parata's great-great-grandfather.^[2]

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