How well do we really know our politicians, and the personal values and experiences they bring to decisions that affect us all?
Welcome to Backstory, where Newshub Nation brings you the private lives of our MP's to find out what shaped and motivates them.
In less than a year he rewritten the dress code, challenged the Speaker with a haka and made a habit of being kicked out of the House.
But the House is far from home for Te Pāti Māori's Rawiri Waititi. Newshub Nation went to meet him near the East Cape where a self-described troublemaker was born.
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