Anahila Lose Kanongata'a JP (born 1969) is a New Zealand social worker and politician.
[3] Aged 30, Kanongata'a won a scholarship to study either economics or social work at the University of Auckland.
In 2010, under her married name Anahila Suisuiki, she contested a position on the Manurewa Local Board as an independent, finishing last among 16 candidates.
[7][8] She unsuccessfully contested the Labour Party candidate selection for Manukau East in 2014, losing to Jenny Salesa.
[18] In the 2020 New Zealand general election, Kanongata'a contested the Papakura electorate, challenging Judith Collins, the Leader of the Opposition.
[25] The District Court (Protecting Judgment Debtors on Main Benefit) Amendment Bill did not complete its first reading before the House rose for the 2023 general election, in which Kanonga'ata was not re-elected; it was subsequently transferred to Duncan Webb.
[28][29] In January 2022, with colleague Jenny Salesa, Kanonga'ata set up the Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee to support the response to the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami.
[30] During the 2023 New Zealand general election, Kanonga'ata contested the Papakura electorate a second time but failed to unseat National MP Judith Collins, who won by a margin of 13,519 votes.