3 | KERRIN LEONI: Te Tiriti, Motherhood, Politics & A Life Lived Around The World
Most people know Kerrin Leoni through politics.
Auckland Council. A run for the mayoralty. Now Labour’s candidate for Tāmaki Makaurau in the 2026 election.
But Past The Name starts before any of that.
Kerrin takes us back to being born in Australia and growing up between the two ANZAC nations before eventually making a decision that would shape everything that followed.
Aotearoa was home.
We talk about the people who built the foundations underneath her. Her grandmother, who was still studying hard into her 80s, and her Uncle Mangu, who helped spark Kerrin’s understanding of Te Tiriti o…
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