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Story: Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations

Members of Parliament

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Members of Parliament

The members of Parliament who have been identified in this photograph are (front from left) Māui Pōmare, Apirana Ngata, and (fourth in row) James Carroll. They played important roles in the Young Māori Party, a 20th-century Māori organisation which sought to improve the well-being of Māori through political action.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/1-013678-G

by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew

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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Ngapare Hopa, Ngā rōpū – Māori organisations – New Māori organisations, early 20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29684/members-of-parliament (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ngapare Hopa, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.