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Jackson was born in 1961, and grew up in Porirua and Auckland. He has worke in a number of jobs, including trade union organiser, record company executive, broadcaster, and talkback radio host. In 1995, he joined the Mana Motuhake party, a Maori political organisation which formed part of the Alliance. In the 1996 elections, he stood unsuccessfully for Parliament. In the 1999 elections, however, he was elected as an Alliance list MP. In 2001, Jackson successfully challenged Sandra Lee for the leadership of Mana Motuhake.

When the Alliance began to collapse in 2002, Jackson sided with the faction led by Laila HarréLaila Jane Harr is a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. She was a Member of Parliament for the left-wing Alliance party, and later became the party's leader after the group experienced a schism. Harre was born in 1966, and was educated in Auckland and Matt McCarten , and remained with the party when Jim AndertonJames Patrick Anderton (almost always referred to as Jim Anderton is leader of the Progressive Party, a political party in the New Zealand parliament. He currently serves as Minister of Economic Development, of Industry and Regional Development, and of Pu established his breakaway group. In the 2002 electionsThe 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the reelection of Helen Clark's Labour Party government, as well as the worst ever performance by the opposition National Party., Jackson was ranked second on the Alliance's party list , but the Alliance failed to win any seats. Shortly afterwards, Mana Motuhake left the Alliance and Jackson retired from politics. He currently works as a broadcaster and a political commentator. He has been vocal in his support for a new pan-Maori party, and supported Tariana TuriaTariana Turia (born 8 April 1944) is a New Zealand politician. She gained considerable prominence during the foreshore and seabed controversy, and eventually broke with her party as a result. She resigned from parliament, and successfully contested a by-e when she quit the Labour PartyCurrent Labour Party logo The New Zealand Labour Party formed as a political party in 1916, bringing together socialist groups advocating proportional representation and "the Recall" of Members of Parliament, as well as the nationalisation of production a to found the new Maori PartyThe Maori Party is a political party in New Zealand based around Maori citizens. It was launched July 7 2004, formed around Tariana Turia, a former Labour Party member who had been a minister in the current Labour dominated coalition government. The party.