New Ikaroa Rahwiti-based Green list MP Elizabeth Kerekere to submit member's bill 11 Feb, 2021 01:18 AM 2 minutes to read Green-list MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere's maiden speech in Parliament. Video / Parliament TV Green list MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere already has plans to help those with diverse sex characteristics fight discrimination, as made clear in her maiden speech in Parliament. On Wednesday, the first-time Gisborne-based MP spoke of how she always felt she'd end up standing in the debating chamber, with her father often introducing her as "the first Māori Prime Minister" during her childhood. However, it wasn't until last year that she put her hand up as a candidate in the 2020 election.