{{Short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jo Hayes | image = Jo Hayes.jpg | image_size = | 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}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = National Party | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Member of Parliament | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.johayes.co.nz/}} | footnotes = | caption = Hayes in 2018 }}
'''Joanne Kowhai Hayes''' (born 1959)<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She was raised in the farming sector.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> Before being elected to Parliament, she worked in the health industry, as well as at Māori development organisation Ngā Tai O te Awa.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Political career== {{NZ parlbox header|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |start = 2014 |end = <!-- leave blank, as this term will end in the same year as she became a list MP --> |term = 50th |electorate = List |list = 64 |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|2014}} |end = 2017 |term = 51st |electorate = List |list = 47 |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|2017}} |end = 2020 |term = 52nd |electorate = List |list = 36 |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{End}} During the 2011 general election, Hayes ran for National in Dunedin South,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and was ranked 64th place on the party list.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Hayes was defeated by Labour incumbent Clare Curran by a margin of 4,175 votes.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===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,<ref name="Nat website">{{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}}</ref> which took place on 22 January 2014.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She was sworn in as a Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives on 28 January 2014.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
During the 2014 general election, Hayes sought to be National's Wairarapa candidate but lost to Alastair Scott.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref name="NZ Parliament">{{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 }}</ref>
In April 2017, a private members' bill in Hayes' name was introduced into Parliament.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> The Bill was supported by all parties represented in Parliament and completed its final reading in August 2018.<ref name=":1" />
During the 2017 general election, Hayes contested Christchurch East against incumbent Poto Williams and was defeated by a margin of 7,480 votes.<ref>{{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}}</ref> However, she was re-elected on the National Party list.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===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.<ref name="NZ Parliament" /> During her second term in Parliament, Hayes also voted against the Abortion Legislation Act 2020<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the End of Life Choice Act 2019.<ref name="Parliament 3rd reading">{{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}}</ref>
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)<ref>{{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}}</ref> and in Te Tai Hauāuru (the party did not stand candidates in Māori electorates).<ref>{{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}}</ref> Ultimately, Hayes was selected as National's candidate for Mana.<ref name="Scoop 2020 election" />
During the 2020 election, she lost to Labour's candidate Barbara Edmonds by a margin of 16,224 votes.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> She also failed to get in on the party list due to National's landslide defeat.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{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}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
Hayes was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 Masterton mayoral election.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="Scoop 2020 election">{{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}}</ref>
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==External links== {{subject bar|auto=y|d=y|Politics|New Zealand}} *[http://www.johayes.co.nz/ www.johayes.co.nz]{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} *[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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