Tracey Martin
New Zealand politician
Tracey Anne Martin (born 1 July 1964) is a New Zealand former politician. She was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives between 2011 and 2020, representing the New Zealand First Party.
Martin was deputy leader of New Zealand First from 2013 to 2015. She served as Minister for Children, Minister for Seniors, Minister of Internal Affairs and Associate Minister of Education from 2017 to 2020.
Early life and career
Tracey Martin was born in Levin on 1 July 1964. Her mother, Anne Martin (née Williams) was a primary school teacher and political activist with the Social Credit Party and New Zealand First, including as secretary and president of New Zealand First. Martin has described her mother as the New Zealander that she most admires as a brave woman who has not been afraid to stand up for her belief and opinions. Her father was Burnett Martin. Martin has Māori ancestry through her maternal grandfather, with ties to Ngāti Kahungunu.
Martin married Ben Dugdale, a winemaker, with whom she has three children.
The public source identifies “Tracey Martin” as new Zealand politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tracey, Martin and Zealand.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Tracey Martin”, the useful work is to connect “new Zealand politician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7831246. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964, 2011, 2020 and 2013.
Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.
- Establishing names and roles
- Building a first chronology
- Locating cited institutions
Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Tracey Martin”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Tracey Martin primary sources, Tracey Martin archive and Tracey research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tracey Martin”?
- Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
- How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Tracey Martin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.