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Kōrero: Ngā māngai – Māori representation

Ngā Mema Māori tuatahi: ko Tāreha Te Moananui

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First Māori MPs: Tāreha Te Moananui

He rangatira whai mana a Tāreha Te Moananui o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Ahuriri. I te tau 1868 ka noho koia te Mema Pāremata Māori tuatahi o te Tai Rāwhiti whai muri i ōna kōkiri ki te Hauhau (Pai Mārire) me te matakite nei a Te Kooti.

Ko Te Moananui tētahi o ngā rangatira tokowhā i tohua hei Mema Pāremata i te tau 1868. Ko ērā atu ko Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi o Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi (Tai Hauāuru) rātou ko Pererika Nene Russell o Ngāpuhi (Tai Tokerau) ko Hōne Pātene Tamanui ā Rangi (Tai Tonga). I uru atu a Paratene ki te Whare Pāremata i muri tata i ērā o ngā mema Māori. I te tau 1870 ka rītaia a Paratene i te Pāremata. Kāore he whakaahua o Paratene.

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Rawiri Taonui, Ngā māngai – Māori representation – Representation in Parliament, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33904/nga-mema-maori-tuatahi-ko-tareha-te-moananui (accessed 4 June 2026).

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