Paraone Reweti
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Paraone Reweti | |
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Born | 1916 |
Died | 21 April 1996 |
Paraone Reweti is a former New Zealand politician and Ratana morehu who won the Eastern Maori seat for Labour in 1967 in a by-election following the death of Puti Tipene Watene and held it unti 1981.
[edit] Early life
Of Ngati-Ranginui ancestry, Reweti came to Parliament from a position as an executive member of the Mount Maunganui Watersiders' Union.
[edit] References
- Henderson, James Mcleod (1963). Ratana The Man, The Church, The Movement (1st ed.) A.H & A.W. Reed Ltd ISBN 0-589-00619-3.