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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1112/
- Published: 2024-12-05T17:30:48.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-05T17:30:49.000Z
- Description: Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been named in the BBC’s list of the top 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2024.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Te Pati Maori

> Te Pāti Māori MP [Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360491389/i-wasnt-meant-be-one-doing-haka-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke?ref=goodoil.news) has been named in the BBC’s list of the top 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2024.  
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> Started in 2013, the BBC 100 Women list is compiled every year to celebrate women who have achieved great things in public life over the previous 12 months.  
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> In October 2023, the 22-year-old, Maipi-Clarke became the [youngest Māori woman](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/133121836/the-moment-hanarawhiti-maipiclarke-became-our-youngest-ever-mp-at-21?ref=goodoil.news) ever elected to New Zealand’s parliament.  
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> At 21 years of age, she was also the youngest member of parliament since 1853.  
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> Since being elected she has become known internationally thanks to the haka she led at parliament in November, the video of which made headlines around the world.  
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> Maipi-Clarke and several other opposition party MPs [performed the Ka Mate haka](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360486392/haka-interrupts-parliament-mps-kicked-out-treaty-bill-arrives?ref=goodoil.news) in opposition to the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, a move that landed her a 24 hour suspension from the debating chamber.  
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