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Kōrero: Ngā māngai – Māori representation

Ngā pōti i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, tau 1853

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Wellington elections, 1853

Mēnā he whare whai rawa tō te tāne Māori ka whakaaetia ia kia tuku pōti i ngā pōtitanga matua o te tau 1853. Heoi mā te whakaahua nei e whakaatu, he tokoiti anake te Māori i pōti i taua tau - nātemea ko te nuinga kei ngā papakāinga o te iwi rātou e noho ana. Nā tēnei āhuatanga ka waihangatia ngā tūru Māori i roto i te Pāremata, whai muri tonu i te rironga atu o ngā whakaritenga Māori i te Kāwana, ki ngā ringaringa o te Whare Pāremata.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-Wellington-1853-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rawiri Taonui, Ngā māngai – Māori representation – Representation in Parliament, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/33902/nga-poti-i-te-whanganui-a-tara-tau-1853 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012, updated 15 July 2016.