Benjamin Doyle
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Benjamin Doyle (born 1991 or 1992) is a New Zealand politician, representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand as a Member of Parliament since replacing Darleen Tana, who was removed in 2024.
Early and personal life
Doyle was born in 1991 or 1992, and grew up in Whangaparāoa. They are of Ngāpuhi, Scottish, and Irish descent. They lived in Auckland through high school and university.
Doyle was a teacher at Auckland Girls' Grammar School and Manurewa High School.Later, they held positions of head of Māori at Melville High School and head of social sciences at Rototuna Senior High School. They then worked as a kaupapa Māori researcher and facilitator at the University of Waikato Poutama Pounamu, and as a community organiser for artists and LGBTQIA+ communities.
Most recently, Doyle worked as the Pou Whakahaere Māori at Burnett Foundation (previously New Zealand Aids Foundation) while studying towards their PhD in Māori education. Their Master's thesis is titled “Mana Takatāpui: Self-determination for queer rangatahi Māori”, which seeks to generate understanding of the factors that enable LGBTQI+ Māori youth to embody and enact tino rangatiratanga. Each of these past experiences informs Benjamin’s work as the Green Party spokesperson for Takatāpui and Rainbow Communities, ACC, Internal Affairs, Associate Health (Sexual & Reproductive Health), and Associate Education (Māori & ECE).[1]
MA thesis
The next Green MP in on the List is Benjamin Doyle. This is his MA thesis:
- Here is a Master’s thesis crafted with, by, and for Rangatahi Takatāpui. It represents a labour of love for the community to which I belong, and seeks to generate understanding about the factors that enable LGBTQI+ Māori youth to embody and enact Tino Rangatiratanga. Principles of Kaupapa Māori Theory provide a paradigm through which this research is conducted, with particular attention paid to the Indigenous Research Agenda. Importantly, this rangahau seeks to offer an alternative to the conventions of hegemonic empirical academia by centering the voices and lived experiences of those who have historically been subjected to the dehumanising objectification of Western research practices.[2]
'Defying Destiny'
February 23, 2025.
- Sharon Hawke
- Dr Emilie Rakete
- Chloe Swarbrick MP
- Rev. Mua Strickson-Pua
- Benjamin Doyle
- Eru Kapa-Kingi
- Medulla Oblongata