Career
A broadcaster, Hauiti has worked as a producer and as a back up presenter on Eye to Eye with Willie Jackson. Prior to becoming an Member of Parliament, she held several high-profile roles, including deputy chair at Auckland"s Museum of Transport and Technology, and strategy roles with Ngāti Te Ata and an iwi radio station. During the 2010 Auckland local elections, Hauiti stood for the Albert-Eden Local Board in the Owairaka Subdivision.
Representing Citizens & Ratepayers, she was not elected.
Hauiti stood in the Māngere electorate during the 2011 general election representing National, losing to Labour"s William Sio. Following Aaron Gilmore"s resignation, Hauiti replaced him as a list Member of Parliament on 28 May 2013.
In March 2014 she returned her parliamentary charge card to Parliamentary Services, after using it to pay for a Christmas trip to Australia. She announced her resignation from politics on 22 July 2014.
Hauiti left Parliament prior to the election date in order to get back in private business.In December 2014 and again in January 2015 Hauiti re-appeared in media when she was found to have spent approximately $23,000 on Member of Parliament"s expenses despite her known decision to stand down.
Hauiti is Māori, of Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kuta and Ngāti Ruanui descent. She is a lesbian, and a former Labour Party campaigner.
