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Kōrero: Ngā māngai – Māori representation

Ngā Mema Māori: ko Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi

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First Māori MPs: Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi

Ko Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi tēnei i te tau 1862, he rangatira nō Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi o Whanganui. I te tau 1864 ka ātete ia i te Kīngitanga ki te pakanga o Moutoa. I te tau 1868 ka tū ia koia te Mema Pāremata tuatahi o te Tai Hauāuru. Nāwai i te tau 1881 ka whai wāhi a Mete Kīngi ki te pananga o te iwi o Parihaka ki Taranaki.

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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/37400/nga-mema-maori-ko-mete-kingi-te-rangi-paetahi (accessed 25 June 2026).

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