Background
Waaka was born in 1942 and was raised at Ohinemutu where she came under the influence of Guide Rangi.
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Maureen Waaka
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She later became a local-body politician, serving on the Rotorua District Council for 18 years. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whakaue iwi. She trained and worked as a radiographer.
She went on to represent New Zealand at the Mission International and Mission World pageants later that year.
Waaka was first elected to the Rotorua District Council in 1989, serving one three-year term. She was re-elected in 1998 and continued to serve until her death in 2013.
At the 2002 general election Waaka was a list candidate for the Labour Party. She was ranked at number 73 on the Labour list and consequently was not elected.
In 2005, she was appointed as a Justice of the Peace.
Waaka suffered a stroke on 16 June 2013 in Auckland. She died in Rotorua of complications two weeks later, on 1 July 2013.
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Membership
She also was a member of the Lakes District Health Board for nine years and served as chair of the Māori Tourism Council.
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Nationality
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Political Party
New Zealand Labour Party