Member for Te Tai Tonga
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Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Raukawa te moana
Ko Rangitoto ki te tonga te motu
Ko Ngati Koata, Ngati Kuia, Ngati Toa me Ngai
Tahu nga iwi
Ko Te One John Hippolite töku papa
Ki töku mama taha:
Ko Tapuae o Uenuku te maunga
Ko Takahanga me Mangamaunu nga marae
Ko Ngai Tahu me Ngati Mamoe nga iwi
Ko June Kerei Keepa Grey töku mama

Rahui is married to Dr Selwyn Katene of Ngati Tama, Ngati Toa, Nga Ruahine Rangi, Ngati Tuwharetoa. Rahui and Selwyn have five children and five beautiful mokopuna.

Rahui was educated at Waimea College in Nelson, Church College of New Zealand in Hamilton, Waikato University and Victoria University of Wellington where she graduated with an LLB in 1992.

Current Parliamentary Roles:
Member of the following committees:
Local Government & Environment Select
Committee, Finance & Expenditure Select
Committee, Regulations Review Committee,
Emissions Trading Scheme Review Committee.

Maori Party Project Leader for:
Foreshore & Seabed Review
Constitutional Review

Maori Party Spokesperson on:
Environment
Local Government
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Treaty of Waitangi (constitution)
Climate Change
Energy
Justice: Police/Courts
Finance
Law Commission
Attorney General
Government Super Fund
Revenue
State Owned Enterprises
Crown Research Institutes
Public Trust Office

Work History
Nurse, Waikato Hospital
Co-owner/Manager, Rainbow Restaurant in Ngaruawahia
Office Solicitor, Woodward Law Office
Claims manager, Crown Forestry Rental Trust
Analyst, Justice Department
Managing Solicitor, Te Ratonga Ture Maori Legal Services
Legal Consultant
Treaty of Waitangi Claims Consultant for a number of iwi.

Community Activities
Former Board Member, Ngati Koata Trust
Ngati Toa Representative, National Maori Congress
Member, Mana Whakahaere o Te Wananga o Raukawa
Maori Laws & Philosophy Tutor, Te Wananga o Raukawa
Member & Former Titahi Bay Branch President, Maori Women's Welfare League
Convocation Member, National Film Archives
Member, Wellington Girls College Board of Trustees

Rahui is also an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and has served in many various auxiliaries within the Church.