Editing Hannah Tamaki (section)

==Community involvement==
===Māori Women's Welfare League presidential candidacy===
In May 2011, Hannah Tamaki campaigned for the presidency of the [[Māori Women's Welfare League]], citing the past involvement of her own mother Polly and other relatives in the League. Since Tamaki joined the League five years previously, Destiny Church created thirteen branches of the League within the church in order to boost her chances of being elected as president, recruiting 1,100 members.{{sfn|Lineham|2013|p=180}} Former League president Christine Panapa objected to Tamaki's candidacy, stating that the League was a non-sectarian organisation and alleging that Destiny Church was a sect. Similar sentiments were echoed by former League president Denise Ewe, who claimed that Hannah's support was only coming from "Destiny-grown branches."<ref>{{cite news |last=Field |first=Michael|url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/5156648/Destiny-battling-for-control-of-Maori-womens-league |title=Destiny Maori welfare wrangle |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013452/http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/5156648/Destiny-battling-for-control-of-Maori-womens-league|archive-date=12 November 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Destiny Church exploited the League's constitutional rule that branches were entitled to a maximum of 10 votes at national meetings; with the maximum number going to a branch with 90 members. Since the Destiny branches had over 90 members each, this maximised the value of these new branches. However, the League's executive deemed the Destiny-affiliated branches as unconstitutional since they were formed on a sectarian bases and declined to send voting papers to them.  The League also distributed voting papers without Tamaki's name and suspended links with those branches and church members pending an inquiry. In July 2011, Tamaki challenged the League's actions at the [[High Court of New Zealand|High Court]]. {{sfn|Lineham|2013|p=180-181}}<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/5249850/ |title=Tamaki heads to court over league election |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=7 July 2011 |access-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024230125/http://www.stuff.co.nz/5249850/|archive-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Field |first=Michael |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/5240549/Destinys-Hannah-Tamaki-continues-fight-for-leadership|title=League takeover battle erupts |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date= 7 July 2011 |access-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105130029/http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/5240549/Destinys-Hannah-Tamaki-continues-fight-for-leadership|archive-date=5 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/hannah-tamaki-exclusion-review-underway/ESEXAB4ETCDGE22DVYFOCGZKHI/ |title=Hannah Tamaki exclusion review under way |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|quote= Justice Kos said it was 'remarkable' that all 10 branches had between 91 to 93 members, which appeared to maximise the number of votes each branch – 10 – would receive to participate in the election.  |access-date=20 July 2011 |date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061906/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10739705|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Justice Stephen Kos ordered that Tamaki's name be reinstated on the ballot but ordered that ten of the Destiny–affiliated branches established after 2 May be excluded from the election on the grounds that they had been established contrary to the practices and tikanga of the League.{{sfn|Lineham|2013|p=181}}<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/hollow-victory-for-hannah-tamaki/A6PVQVVTHWGVFEZFJNBZKAPMTM/ |title=Hollow victory for Tamaki |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |quote=I find the manner in which the new branches have been established completely contrary to the practices and tikanga of the league.|access-date=21 July 2011 |date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630204206/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10740010|archive-date=30 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Hannah welcomed the Court's decision reinstating her on the League's ballot and allowing three of the Destiny-affiliated branches to participate in the leadership election.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tamaki |first=Hannah |url= http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1107/S00578/hannah-tamaki-response-to-high-court-ruling.htm |title=Hannah Tamaki Response to High Court Ruling |work=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |date=21 July 2011 |access-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202825/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1107/S00578/hannah-tamaki-response-to-high-court-ruling.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tamaki was unsuccessful during the 2011 leadership election, with Kataraina O'Brien being elected as the League's president. The League subsequently revised its policies allowing its National Executive the power to vet presidential and vice-presidential nominations as well as membership applicants.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/84270/maori-women%27s-welfare-league-names-new-president |title= Maori Women's Welfare League names new president|work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=4 September 2011 |quote=She spent about 30 years teaching at secondary schools including Hato Petera and Auckland Girls' Grammar. |access-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081816/http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/84270/maori-women's-welfare-league-names-new-president|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>{{sfn|Lineham|2013|p=181}} In June 2012, the League's National Executive banned Tamaki from holding any regional office for three years and disestablished the three remaining League branches affiliated with her and Destiny Church.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-league-bars-destiny-church-co-founder/C2IBFFHHDBIAJO5UR7K6YT6VMM/| work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] | title=Maori league bars Destiny Church co-founder| date=16 June 2012|access-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002223827/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/maori/news/article.cfm?c_id=252&objectid=10813397|archive-date=2 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Lineham|2013|p=181}} In response, Tamaki announced she would not appeal the ban but would consider establishing a rival organisation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tamaki|first=Hannah|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1206/S00221/hannah-tamaki-statement-on-maori-womens-welfare-league.htm |title=Statement on Maori Women's Welfare League |work=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]]|date=16 June 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132231/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1206/S00221/hannah-tamaki-statement-on-maori-womens-welfare-league.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Justice of the Peace===
In December 2019, the [[Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand|Labour Party-led New Zealand Government]], appointed Tamaki as a [[Justice of the Peace]]. The-then [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] leader and Leader of the Opposition [[Simon Bridges]] described the Government's decision as "bizzare".<ref name="Newshub 16 Dec 2019">{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Tova |title=Jacinda Ardern, Simon Bridges rule out working with Hannah Tamaki's Vision NZ |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/12/jacinda-ardern-simon-bridges-rule-out-working-with-hannah-tamaki-s-vision-nz.html |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=[[Newshub]] |date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303183842/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/12/jacinda-ardern-simon-bridges-rule-out-working-with-hannah-tamaki-s-vision-nz.html |archive-date=3 March 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Dancing with the Stars, 2020===
On 23 February 2020, ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' reported that Hannah Tamaki was tipped to join the dancing television show [[Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series)|''Dancing with the Stars'']].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/spy/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503840&objectid=12310233|title=Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki poised to join Dancing with the Stars|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|language=en|date=23 February 2020|access-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030024126/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/destiny-churchs-hannah-tamaki-poised-to-join-dancing-with-the-stars/YQPEJN3JCADX76UL65DHV5VDNM/|archive-date=30 October 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> After a major backlash online, [[MediaWorks New Zealand]] confirmed that Tamaki would no longer be joining the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/destiny-churchs-hannah-tamaki-axed-from-dancing-with-the-stars/BFHQBMRJJPJ4KRWCFNRK4OFPWU/|title=Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki axed from Dancing with the Stars|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|language=en|date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103213432/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/destiny-churchs-hannah-tamaki-axed-from-dancing-with-the-stars/BFHQBMRJJPJ4KRWCFNRK4OFPWU/|archive-date=3 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>