Paraone Reweti

Paraone Reweti
Born 17 November 1916
Died 21 April 1996

Paraone Brown Reweti QSO (17 November 1916 – 21 April 1996) was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu.

Early life

Of Ngāti Ranginui ancestry, Reweti came to Parliament from a position as an executive member of the Mount Maunganui Watersiders' Union.[1]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19671969 35th Eastern Maori Labour
19691972 36th Eastern Maori Labour
19721975 37th Eastern Maori Labour
19751978 38th Eastern Maori Labour
19781981 39th Eastern Maori Labour

Reweti won the Eastern Maori electorate for Labour, in the 1967 by-election following the death of Puti Tipene Watene. He held the electorate until 1981, when he retired.[2]

In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours Reweti was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[3]

References

  1. Henderson, James Mcleod (1963). Ratana The Man, The Church, The Movement (1st ed.) A.H & A.W. Reed Ltd ISBN 0-589-00619-3.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 229. OCLC 154283103.
  3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52174. p. 30. 16 June 1990. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Puti Tipene Watene
Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori
19671981
Succeeded by
Peter Tapsell


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