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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = TuTutekawa Wyllie
| image = File:Tu Wyllie.jpg
| caption = Wyllie in 2013
| birth_name = Tutekawa Wyllie
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| successor2 = [[Mahara Okeroa]]
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| term_end2 = 1999
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'''Tutekawa''' "'''Tu'''" '''Wyllie''' (born 24 October 1954) is a former [[New Zealand]] politician and [[rugby union]] player. A [[Rugby union positions#Fly-half|first five-eighth]], Wyllie represented [[Wellington Rugby Football Union|Wellington]] at a provincial level, and played one match for the New Zealand national side, the [[All Blacks]], in 1980. He was the [[New Zealand First]] Member of Parliament for [[Te Tai Tonga]] from 1996 to 1999.
 
==Early life==
Born in [[Manutuke]],<ref name="AB profile">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=993 |title=Tu Wyllie All Blacks profile | website=allblacks.com | access-date=25 July 2013}}</ref> Wyllie affiliates to the [[Ngāi Tāmanuhiri]], [[Ngāti Ruapani]] and [[Rongowhakaata]] [[iwi]].<ref name="Keene">{{cite news | title= Groomed for public life | date=8 SpetemberSeptember 1998 | work= The Press | first=Howard | last=Keene | page=5 }}</ref> He was educated at [[Gisborne Boys' High School]] where ishe played rugby for the 1st XV.<ref name="AB profile">{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=993 |title = Tu Wyllie | last = Marist-St Pats RFC | first = | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Museum | accessdate = 25 July 2013}}</ref> He then went to [[Victoria University of Wellington]], where he studied law.<ref name="photo news">{{cite news | url=httphttps://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/issue/GPN239_19740522/t1-body-d13.html#GPN239_19740522_017b | title=Rugby cup | date=22 May 1974 | work= Gisborne Photo News | accessdateaccess-date=25 July 2013 | page=17 }}</ref> He worked as a bus driver, court clerk, teacher trainee and as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education, Iwi Transition Agency and the Department of Health.<ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament | date=18 October 1996 | work= Truth | page=10 }}</ref><ref name="Speden">{{cite news | title=Tu does what is asked of him | date=25 November 1996 | work=The Dominion | first=Graeme | last=Speden | page=2}}</ref>
 
==Rugby career==
While at Victoria, Wyllie played rugby league for New Zealand Universities between 1975 and 1977. He then played representative rugby union for [[Wellington Rugby Football Union|Wellington]] from 1978 to 1983 and [[Māori All Blacks|New Zealand Māori]] from 1979 to 1982.<ref name="AB profile"/> In the off-seasons he played overseas, in Ireland, the United States, Germany and France.<ref name="Speden">{{cite news | title=Tu does what is asked of him | date=25 November 1996 | work= The Dominion | first=Graeme | last=Speden | page=2 }}</ref> His sole appearance for the [[All Blacks]] came in 1980, when he played against the touring Fijian side, scoring a try.<ref name="AB profile"/> The game was not recognizedrecognised as a full international.
 
==Member of Parliament==
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Wyllie was a Member of Parliament from 1996 to 1999, representing [[New Zealand First]].▼
 
▲Wyllie wasrepresented [[Te Tai Tonga]] as a Membermember of Parliament from 1996 to 1999, representingfor the [[New Zealand First]] Party.
He was elected to Parliament in the [[New Zealand general election, 1996|1996 elections]] as MP for [[Te Tai Tonga]], defeating the 29-year parliamentary veteran [[Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan]] with a majority of 285 votes.<ref>{{cite news | title=Tribal leaders under attack | date=29 October 1996 | work= The Press | first=Sinead | last=O'Hanlon |page=1 }}</ref> New Zealand First captured all five [[Māori seats]] in the 1996 election (including Te Tai Tonga). When New Zealand First splintered, he was one of the MPs who remained with the party core. In the [[New Zealand general election, 1999|1999 elections]], Wyllie did not stand on the New Zealand First list, but did seek re-election as MP for Te Tai Tonga. Howver, he was defeated by [[Mahara Okeroa]] of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] by 4522 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000000121 |title=Te Tai Tonga electorate profile |date=October 2005 |website=[http://www.parliament.nz/ New Zealand Parliament] |publisher=Parliamentary Library Te Pātaka Rangahau a Te Whare Pāremata |accessdate=25 July 2013}}</ref>▼
 
▲He was elected to Parliament in the [[New Zealand general election, 1996|1996 elections]] as MP for [[Te Tai Tonga]], defeating thedefeated 29-year parliamentary veteran [[Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan]] with a majority of 285 votes.<ref>{{cite news | title=Tribal leaders under attack | date=29 October 1996 | work= The Press | first=Sinead | last=O'Hanlon |page=1 }}</ref> enabling New Zealand First capturedto capture all five [[Māori seatselectorates]] in the 1996 election (including Te Tai Tonga). When the [[Tight Five|Tight five]] led by [[Tau Henare]] splintered from New Zealand First splintered,and hecreated wasthe one[[Mauri ofPacific]] theparty, MPsWyllie whochose remainedto withremain loyal to the party core. InDuring the [[1999 New Zealand general election, 1999|1999 electionselection]], Wylliehe didsought notre-election standas onMP thefor NewTe ZealandTai First listTonga, but didchose seeknot re-electionto asstand MPon forthe Teparty Tai Tongalist. Howver, heHe was defeated by [[Mahara Okeroa]] of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] by 4522 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.parliament.nz/resource/0000000121 |title=Te Tai Tonga electorate profile |date=October 2005 |website=[http://www.parliament.nz/ New Zealand Parliament] |publisher=Parliamentary Library Te Pātaka Rangahau a Te Whare Pāremata |accessdate=25 July 2013}}</ref>
During his term in Parliament, Wyllie played for the parliamentary rugby team.<ref>{{cite news | title=Revenge chance | date=22 July 1998 | work= Southland Times | page=15 }}</ref>▼
 
▲During his term in Parliament, Wyllie also played for the parliamentary rugby team.<ref>{{cite news | title=Revenge chance | date=22 July 1998 | work= Southland Times | page=15 }}</ref>
 
==Post Parliamentary career==
===Protest against the sale of Young Nicks head===
Following his defeat in the [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999 election]] Wyllie returned to Gisborne in an effort to assist [[Ngai Tamanuhiri]] to prevent the sale of [[Young Nick's Head]] (Te Kuri), a place of historical, and spiritual significance to local Māori. Wyllie stated that "It is the absolute jewel in the crown because Young Nick’s Head, or Te Kuri as we know it, is our equivalent to Hikurangi for Ngati Porou and Aorangi or Aoraki for Ngāi Tahu. It is our mountain, it is what identifies us as an iwi and we have some real issues about what’s going to happen to it in the future.".<ref name="Treaty Settlements">{{cite web |last1=Farrar |first1=David |title=Treaty Settlements |url=https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/12/treaty_settlements.html | work=[[Kiwiblog]] |date=6 December 2012}}</ref> Ngai Tamanuhri tribal members led by Wyllie conducted a protest march and pitched their tents on the grounds of [[New Zealand Parliament]].<ref name="Headland sale protesters leave Parliament">{{cite web | title=Headland sale protesters leave Parliament |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/headland-sale-protesters-leave-parliament/PEEIXBVL2COQDGMMOSATPAQ2II/ |work=New Zealand Herald |date=13 August 2002}}</ref>
 
He later lost his mandate as iwi spokesperson after he filed a judicial application to overturn Michael Cullen's decision to approve the sale of the landmark.<ref name="Sacked by iwi, Wyllie keeps up fight for site">{{cite web | title=Sacked by iwi, Wyllie keeps up fight for site |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sacked-by-iwi-wyllie-keeps-up-fight-for-site/APLXRYYVOWY3SYJIVG3KGEKYLQ/ |work=New Zealand Herald |date=26 August 2002}}</ref> Young Nicks Head was consequently sold to American millionaire John Griffin.
 
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▲| NAME = Wyllie, Tu
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = politician and rugby union player
| DATE OF BIRTH = 24 October 1954
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Manutuke]], [[New Zealand]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ngāi Tāmanuhiri people]]
[[Category:Rongowhakaata people]]
[[Category:Ngāti Ruapani people]]
[[Category:People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School]]
[[Category:Māori All Blacks players]]
[[Category:New Zealand international rugby union players]]
[[Category:New Zealand sportsperson–politicianssportsperson-politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives]]
[[Category:New Zealand First MPs]]
[[Category:New Zealand MPs for Māori electorates]]
[[Category:Victoria University of Wellington alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand politicians]]
[[Category:Halbert-Kohere family]]
[[Category:Rugby union fly-halves]]
[[Category:Rugby union players from the Gisborne Region]]
[[Category:Wellington rugby union players]]
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