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Kōrero: Ngā māngai – Māori representation

Ngā Mema Māori tuatahi: ko Frederick Nene Russell

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First Māori MPs: Frederick Nene Russell

He tama a Pererika Nene Russell nā tētahi kaihoko papa rākau nō Hokianga me tana wahine Māori, he uri tata nō te rangatira o Ngāpuhi nō Tāmati Wāka Nene. I te tau 1868 ka tohua e ngā rangatira o Ngāpuhi te poropiti o Hokianga a Āperahama Taonui hei Mema Pāremata Māori tuatahi. Heoi kāore a Taonui i whakaae ki te tūranga, ā, ka kōwhiria ko Russell.

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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/37399/nga-mema-maori-tuatahi-ko-frederick-nene-russell (accessed 25 June 2026).

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