# Arthur Anae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Anae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Anae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Anae > Source revision: 1350303118 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2014}} thumb|right|Anae in 2025 '''Anae Lupematasila Lima Arthur John Anae''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician who served on the [Auckland Council](/source/Auckland_Council). He was an MP from 1996 to 1999, and again from 2000 to 2002. He was part of the [National Party](/source/New_Zealand_National_Party), being its first [Pasifika](/source/Pasifika_New_Zealanders) MP. ==Early life== Anae, who was born in 1945, is [Samoan](/source/Samoan_New_Zealander), although he was born in [Fiji](/source/Fiji). His family migrated to New Zealand in 1951 when he was five years old.{{cite web |title=trustees |url=http://www.fieldofdreams.org.nz/trustees.aspx#arthur_anae |publisher=John Walker Find Your Field of Dreams Foundation |accessdate=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514152316/http://www.fieldofdreams.org.nz/trustees.aspx#arthur_anae |archive-date=14 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} ==Member of Parliament== {{NZ parlbox header}} {{NZ parlbox|term=45th|start={{NZ election link year|1996}}|end=1999|party=New Zealand National Party|electorate=List|list=19}} {{NZ parlbox break}} {{NZ parlbox|term=46th|start=2000|end=2002|party=New Zealand National Party|electorate=List|list=25}} {{End}} Anae first stood for [Parliament](/source/New_Zealand_Parliament) in the {{NZ election link|1993}}, when he contested the {{NZ electorate link|Auckland Central}} electorate; he came third on that occasion.{{cite news |title=Vote for me: Arthur Anae, Manukau |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3590431 |accessdate=19 May 2017 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=10 September 2004}}{{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1993}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=New Zealand Chief Electoral Office |year=1993 }} He first entered Parliament in the [1996 election](/source/1996_New_Zealand_general_election) as a [list MP](/source/list_MP) (he did not contest an electorate), but after the [1999 election](/source/1999_New_Zealand_general_election), missed returning to Parliament by a single place. When [Don McKinnon](/source/Don_McKinnon) resigned, however, Anae entered Parliament as his replacement. In the [2002 election](/source/2002_New_Zealand_general_election), Anae was ranked lowly on the [party list](/source/party_list) (in 28th place), could not win the {{NZ electorate link|Manukau East}} electorate (he came a distant second to Labour's [Ross Robertson](/source/Ross_Robertson)), and was thus not returned to Parliament.{{cite web|title=Official Count Results -- Manukau East|url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2002/electorate-24.html|publisher=[Chief Electoral Office](/source/Chief_Electoral_Office_(New_Zealand)) |accessdate=19 May 2017}} At the time, he was highly critical of the National Party for his low list ranking and perceived it as an insult to the Pacific community.{{cite news |title=National 'must change or turn into dinosaur'|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=2347261|accessdate=19 May 2017|work=The New Zealand Herald |date=31 July 2002}} ==Local politics== {{AC header}} {{Auckland Council|affiliation=Independent|ward=Manukau|start=[2010](/source/2010_Auckland_local_elections)|end=2013}} {{Auckland Council|affiliation=Independent|ward=Manukau|start=[2013](/source/2013_Auckland_local_elections)|end=2016}} {{end}} Anae first stood for [Auckland City Council](/source/Auckland_City_Council) in the [1987 local elections](/source/1987_New_Zealand_local_elections). In October 2004 he was elected to the [Manukau City Council](/source/Manukau_City_Council) from the [Ōtara](/source/%C5%8Ctara) ward. He ran for the mayoralty of Manukau City in the 2007 local body elections, polling third.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10469693 |title=Local Government election results 2007 |date=13 October 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=16 September 2011}} In the [2010 Auckland Council election](/source/2010_Auckland_Council_election) Anae was elected from the [Manukau ward](/source/Manukau_ward) to serve in the newly formed Auckland Council and served as the chair of the council's economic forum. He was re-elected in 2013, but did not stand at the 2016 election, and opted to leave politics.{{cite web|url=http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11687246|title=Auckland councillors bowing out|work=New Zealand Herald|date=7 August 2016 }} His seat was won by [Efeso Collins](/source/Efeso_Collins) at the [2016 Auckland Council election](/source/2016_Auckland_Council_election).{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/85143060/efeso-and-alf-overcome-nerves-and-sleepless-nights-to-give-labour-clean-sweep|title=Labour sweeps Manukau Ward|work=[Stuff](/source/Stuff_(website))|accessdate=5 November 2016|archive-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207021418/http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/85143060/efeso-and-alf-overcome-nerves-and-sleepless-nights-to-give-labour-clean-sweep|url-status=live}} ==Advocacy== In mid-February 2026, Anae led a delegation presenting a 45,000-strong petition to the [New Zealand Parliament](/source/New_Zealand_Parliament) urging the New Zealand Government to ease visa requirements for nationals from Pacific Islands countries. The delegation was received by [Foreign Minister](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(New_Zealand)) [Winston Peters](/source/Winston_Peters).{{cite news |title=Winston Peters to receive Pacific visa petition at New Zealand parliament |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/586506/winston-peters-to-receive-pacific-visa-petition-at-new-zealand-parliament |access-date=14 February 2026 |work=[RNZ Pacific](/source/RNZ_Pacific) |date=11 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260210223916/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/586506/winston-peters-to-receive-pacific-visa-petition-at-new-zealand-parliament |archive-date=10 February 2026 |url-status=live}} ==Honours and awards== In the [2025 King’s Birthday Honours](/source/2025_Birthday_Honours_(New_Zealand)), Anae was appointed a [Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/Member_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit), for services to the Samoan community.{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562810/king-s-birthday-honours-dai-henwood-tim-southee-and-jude-dobson-among-those-recognised |title=King's Birthday Honours: Dai Henwood, Tim Southee and Jude Dobson among those recognised |date=2 June 2025 |work=[RNZ News](/source/RNZ_News) |access-date=2 June 2025}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anae, Arthur}} Category:1945 births Category:New Zealand people of Samoan descent Category:Auckland Councillors Category:New Zealand National Party MPs Category:People from the Auckland Region Category:New Zealand list MPs Category:Manukau City Councillors Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Category:Living people Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1999 New Zealand general election Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 2002 New Zealand general election Category:21st-century New Zealand politicians Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1993 New Zealand general election Category:Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Anae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Anae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Anae?action=history)). 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