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'''Anae Lupematasila Lima Arthur John Anae''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician who served on the [[Auckland Council]]. He was an MP from 1996 to 1999, and again from 2000 to 2002. He was part of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]], being its first [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]] MP.

==Early life==
Anae, who was born in 1945, is [[Samoan New Zealander|Samoan]], although he was born in [[Fiji]]. His family migrated to New Zealand in 1951 when he was five years old.<ref>{{cite web |title=trustees |url=http://www.fieldofdreams.org.nz/trustees.aspx#arthur_anae |publisher=John Walker Find Your Field of Dreams Foundation |accessdate=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514152316/http://www.fieldofdreams.org.nz/trustees.aspx#arthur_anae |archive-date=14 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Member of Parliament==
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Anae first stood for [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]] in the {{NZ election link|1993}}, when he contested the {{NZ electorate link|Auckland Central}} electorate; he came third on that occasion.<ref name="vote for me">{{cite news |title=Vote for me: Arthur Anae, Manukau |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3590431 |accessdate=19 May 2017 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=10 September 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite tech report |ref={{sfnref|Election results|1993}} |title=Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place |publisher=New Zealand Chief Electoral Office |year=1993 }}</ref> He first entered Parliament in the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]] as a [[list MP]] (he did not contest an electorate), but after the [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999 election]], missed returning to Parliament by a single place. When [[Don McKinnon]] resigned, however, Anae entered Parliament as his replacement. In the [[2002 New Zealand general election|2002 election]], Anae was ranked lowly on the [[party list]] (in 28th place), could not win the {{NZ electorate link|Manukau East}} electorate (he came a distant second to Labour's [[Ross Robertson]]), and was thus not returned to Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Count Results -- Manukau East|url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2002/electorate-24.html|publisher=[[Chief Electoral Office (New Zealand)|Chief Electoral Office]] |accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref> At the time, he was highly critical of the National Party for his low list ranking and perceived it as an insult to the Pacific community.<ref>{{cite news |title=National 'must change or turn into dinosaur'|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=2347261|accessdate=19 May 2017|work=The New Zealand Herald |date=31 July 2002}}</ref>

==Local politics==
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Anae first stood for [[Auckland City Council]] in the [[1987 New Zealand local elections|1987 local elections]].<ref name="vote for me" /> In October 2004 he was elected to the [[Manukau City Council]] from the [[Ōtara]] ward. He ran for the mayoralty of Manukau City in the 2007 local body elections, polling third.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10469693">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10469693 |title=Local Government election results 2007 |date=13 October 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=16 September 2011}}</ref>

In the [[2010 Auckland local elections|2010 Auckland Council elections]] Anae was elected from the [[Manukau ward]] to serve in the newly formed Auckland Council and served as the chair of the council's economic forum. He was re-elected in 2013, but did not stand at the 2016 elections, and opted to leave politics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11687246|title=Auckland councillors bowing out|first=New Zealand|last=Herald|date=7 August 2016 }}</ref> His seat was won by [[Efeso Collins]] at the 2016 elections.

==Honours and awards==
In the [[2025 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2025 King’s Birthday Honours]], Anae was appointed a [[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to the Samoan community.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562810/king-s-birthday-honours-dai-henwood-tim-southee-and-jude-dobson-among-those-recognised |title=King's Birthday Honours: Dai Henwood, Tim Southee and Jude Dobson among those recognised |date=2 June 2025 |work=[[RNZ News]] |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref>

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